deorfan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *derbaną (“to work, perish”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdeo̯rfɑn/, [ˈdeo̯rˠvɑn]

Verb

deorfan

to labor
to be in peril, perish

Conjugation

Conjugation of deorfan (strong class 3)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	deorfan	tō deorfenne
1st-person singular	deorfe	dearf
2nd-person singular	dyrfest	durfe
3rd-person singular	dyrfeþ	dearf
plural	deorfaþ	durfon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	deorfe	durfe
plural	deorfen	durfen
imperative
singular	deorf
plural	deorfaþ
participle	present	past
	deorfende	(ġe)dorfen

Derived terms

ġedeorfan
deorf

Descendants

Middle English: derven
- English: derve

References

DEORFAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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