UrsprungFrom Old Swedish varþa, værþa, from Runic Swedish verða, from Old Norse verða, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.
Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk verta (“to become”), obsolete Norwegian Bokmål vorde (“to become”), German werden (“to become”), Dutch worden (“to become”) and English worth (“to become”, obsolete verb).
- archaicto become
“Tu skalt äta tit brödh j tins anletes swett / til tess tu warder åter til iord igen / ther tu aff taghen äst / ty tu äst iord / och til iord skal tu warda.
(pre-1906 spelling) Du skalt äta ditt bröd i” — In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto [become part of] the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return [become.]
“Och Gud sade: »Varde ljus»; och det vart ljus.” — And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
“Vänden eder till mig, så varden I frälsta” — Look unto me, and be ye saved
Formervarder(present) · vart(preterite) · vorden(participle, past) · varda(active, infinitive) · -(infinitive, passive) · vordit(active, supine) · vurtit(active, supine) · vurti(active, supine) · -(passive, supine) · -(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · varden(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · varder(active, indicative, present) · vart(active, indicative, past) · -(indicative, passive, present) · -(indicative, passive, past) · varda(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · vordo(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)