Garrulus Grommeler

I've found a fascinating web site that offers translation of Old English (a.k.a. Anglo Saxon) into Modern English and vice versa. It's called Old English Translator . Below is the conjugation of béon, the verb "to be." — BÉON (To Be) IRREGULAR VERB Present & Preterite Indicative • Ic béo (I am) — Ic wæs (I was) • þu bist (you are) — þu wære (you were) • he/hit/heo biþ (he/it/she is) — he/hit/heo wæs (you were) • we/ge/hie béoþ (we/ye/they are) — we/ge/hie wæron (we/ye/they were) Present & Preterite Subjunctive • singular: béo — wære • plural: béon — wæren Present Participle (...ing) & Past Participle (...ed) • béonde — [n/a] Imperative (direct command) • singular: béo • plural: béoþ Inflected Infinitive • to béonne Second Person Present Indicative, among other attributes, really highlights the Germanic roots of English. Compare þu bist (Old English — you are ), which can also be written as ðu bist , with the modern German du bist . Look also ...