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==Skundavisk==
==Skundavisk==
===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From Middle Skundavisk ''fangen'', from Old Skundavisk ''fangan'', ''fāhan'', from Halmisk ''fāhan'', from Proto-Germanic ''*fanhaną''. The form ''fangan'' arose in Old Skundavisk through analogy with the past forms, superseding the original ''fāhan'' form in the standard, but not in the dialects, hence the form ''fån'' found in some Western dialects. However, some linguists argue that this form is in fact the result of a Danish influence rather than a remnant of the original form.
From Middle Skundavisk ''fangen'', from Old Skundavisk ''fangan'', ''fāhan'', from Halmisk ''ᚠᚨᚻᚨᚾ'' (''fāhan''), from Proto-Germanic ''*fanhaną''. The form ''fangan'' arose in Old Skundavisk through analogy with the past forms, superseding the original ''fāhan'' form in the standard, but not in the dialects, hence the form ''fån'' found in some Western dialects. However, some linguists argue that this form is in fact the result of a Danish influence rather than a remnant of the original form.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===

Latest revision as of 19:01, 12 November 2019

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk fangen, from Old Skundavisk fangan, fāhan, from Halmisk ᚠᚨᚻᚨᚾ (fāhan), from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. The form fangan arose in Old Skundavisk through analogy with the past forms, superseding the original fāhan form in the standard, but not in the dialects, hence the form fån found in some Western dialects. However, some linguists argue that this form is in fact the result of a Danish influence rather than a remnant of the original form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɸɑŋɘn/

Verb

fangen (class 7 strong, third-person singular simple present fængt, past tense feng, past participle gefangen, past subjunctive fenge, auxiliary haven)

  1. to catch, to seize
    The theuf was thet læteste jår gefangen.
    The thief was caught last year.
  2. (dialectal) to get, to go (with an adjective)
    Ik feng meed, als ik hit hørde.
    I got mad when I heard it.

Inflection

infinitive fangen
present participle fangend
past participle gefangen
auxiliary haven
indicative subjunctive
present ik fange wi fangen ik fange wi fangen
thou fængst ji fangt thou fængst ji fangt
hi, si, hit fængt si, Si fangen hi, si, hit fange si, Si fangen
preterit ik feng wi fengen ik fenge wi fengen
thou fengst ji fengt thou fengest ji fenget
hi, si, hit feng si, Si fengen hi, si, hit fenge si, Si fengen
imperative fang fangt (ji)

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