durinnan

Part of speech: verb

Verb type: strong verb (3)

Present participle: durinnands

to run to; to come up to, to approach

Etymology

[← du- pref + rinnan v]

Concordance

durinnands - pres.p. - Matth. VIII, 2; Mrk. IX, 15

Paradigm

4.1.1.3.

In the combination sonant + occlusive, r, l, m, n were initially syllable-forming sounds, but already in the Common Germanic period, before r, l, m, n there began to appear the so-called epenthetic (inserted) vowel, which in Gothic always produced [-u-]

III class	infinitive	preterite singular	preterite plural	past participle
III class	normal grade	normal grade	zero grade	zero grade
i/ă	-i-	-a-	zero	zero
additional element of vowel gradation for this class is sonant + any consonant, e.g. -nd-, -rþ-, etc.	i + nd = ind	a + nd = and	^epenthetic u + nd = und	^epenthetic u + nd = und
to bind; to tie	bindan	band	bundum	bundans
	i + rþ = airþ [-ɛ-]	a + rþ = arþ	^epenthetic au [-o-] + rþ = aurþ [-orþ-]	^epenthetic au [-o-] + rþ = aurþ [-orþ-]
to become, turn into something	wairþan [-ɛ-]	warþ	waúrþum [-o-]	waúrþans [-o-]

See the complete paradigm of the conjugation of strong verbs

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