filhan

Part of speech: verb

Verb type: strong verb (3)

to hide, conceal

Etymology

[← Prot-Germ *felhan; OE féolan, félan “to cling, adhere; to come; to reach”; O Fris bi-fela, bi-fella “to bury; to hide; to order”; O Sax bi-felhan “to order, to give, grant; to bury”; Dt velen “to bear, stand, endure”; OHG felhan, felahan “to entrust, give”; Icel fela “to hide; to bury”]

Concordance

filhan - inf- Tim. I, V, 25

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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