Old Dutch

Verb

werthan

1. to become

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: werden
  • Dutch: worden

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *werþaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwer.θan/

Verb

werthan

1. to become, come to
   • Thō uuarð thar an thene gastseli megincraft mikil manno gesamnod‎

     Then the great power came there in the guest hall, gathered by the men

     (Heliand, verses 2733 and 2734)
2. to be (used with the subject to express the passive)
   • that he scoldi an Bethleem giboran werðan: 'so is an usan bokun giscriƀan'‎

     that he should be born in Bethleem: 'so it is written in our books'

     (Heliand, verse 621)

Conjugation