Old High German fīēn continues the reconstructed Germanic fi(j)- weak verb after High German branch development in its vowel, optional glide, ending, and inflectional system. The attested forms are not treated as one mechanically complete sound law.
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fīēn
to hate, not love, be hostile to, detest, or reject
OPEN NODE 1241 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic reconstruction · hate experience proto germanic verb*fi(j)ēn-
a reconstructed verb meaning hate or be hostile toward
OPEN NODE 1155 ↗01
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The hate or hostility verb remains visible in records meaning hate, not love, be hostile, detest, or reject; individual Latin alignments do not force one identical nuance onto every occurrence.
Proto-Germanic reconstruction into the eighth- and ninth-century Alemannic record.
Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch editorial team · Guus Kroonen
probable — The Old High German verb and its paradigm are attested through the reviewed dictionary, and the cross-Germanic comparison is published. The exact prehistoric phonetic path remains reconstructed.
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic — *fi(j)ēn- and *fi(j)and-p. 140, *fi(j)ēn- and Germanic daughter forms
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the reconstructed parent and Old High German descendant.
On the syntax of the Agent nouns in Gothic: the case of nd-formationspp. 47–49, living verb beside lexicalized enemy formation
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supports the inherited verb family while preserving the noun-versus-verb distinction.
Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch — fîant, fîjantVol. 3, col. 796: fîant formulas and comparison with fîên
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Shows the related lexicalized enemy noun and living verb coexisted as distinct lexical categories.
Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch — fîênVol. 3, cols. 801–802: fîên, weak verb, paradigm, manuscript horizon, and meanings 1–2
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Classifies the attested Old High German verb, bounds its manuscript record, and publishes its form and meaning inventory.
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