nerien

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈner.jen/, [ˈnerˠ.jen]
• IPA^(key): /ˈne.ri.en/

Verb

nerien

1. plural present subjunctive of nerian

Old High German

Alternative forms

• nerjan, nerren, neren

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *naʀjan.

Verb

nerien

1. to save
   • c. 860, Petruslied:

     Er hapet ouh mit wortun / himilririches portun,
     dar in mach er skerian / den er wili nerian.
     kirie eleison. / christe eleison.

     With his words he [Saint Peter] also holds the gates of heaven;
     through them he may admit him he wishes to save.
     Kyrie eleison. Christe eleison.

Conjugation

Note: Conjugations shown in the table with: -ii-, -ii should be singular -i-, -i.

Conjugation of nerien (weak class 1)

infinitive	nerien
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	neriu	nerita
2nd person singular	neriis, neriist	neritōs, neritōst
3rd person singular	neriit	nerita
1st person plural	neriem, neriemēs	neritum, neritumēs
2nd person plural	neriet	neritut
3rd person plural	nerient	neritun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	nerie	neriti
2nd person singular	neriēs, neriēst	neritīs, neritīst
3rd person singular	nerie	neriti
1st person plural	neriēm, neriēn, neriemēs	neritīm, neritīn, neritīmēs
2nd person plural	neriēt	neritīt
3rd person plural	neriēn	neritīn
imperative	present
singular	nerii
plural	neriet
participle	present	past
	nerienti	ginerit

Descendants

• Middle High German: nerren, nern, nerigen
  • German: nähren
  • Hunsrik: neere
  • Luxembourgish: nieren
  • Yiddish: נערן (nern)

References

• Wright, Joseph (1906), An Old High German Primer‎, second edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press