svepa
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish svepa, swæpa, from Old Norse sveipa, from Proto-Germanic *swaipaną.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]svepa (present sveper, preterite svepte, supine svept, imperative svep)
- (often with a particle like förbi (“by”)) to sweep (move in a sweeping motion)
- (often with a particle like bort (“away”)) to sweep (cause to be swept away)
- (often with a particle like in (“in”) or om (“about, around”)) to wrap (put a cloth or the like over/around, often of a body – from an (imagined) sweeping motion)
- to sweep (mines)
- (colloquial) to quickly down (drink up, usually alcoholic beverage)
- Han svepte två öl
- He downed ("swept") two beers
Conjugation
[edit]active | passive | |||
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infinitive | svepa | svepas | ||
supine | svept | svepts | ||
imperative | svep | — | ||
imper. plural1 | svepen | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | sveper | svepte | sveps, svepes | sveptes |
ind. plural1 | svepa | svepte | svepas | sveptes |
subjunctive2 | svepe | svepte | svepes | sveptes |
present participle | svepande | |||
past participle | svept |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
See also
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- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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