swathlen
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From swathel + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]swathlen
- To swaddle; to bind a baby in strips of cloth.
- (rare) To enclose something by wrapping up.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of swathlen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “swā̆thelen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-24.