sweorcan
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *swerkaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sweorcan
- to darken, be obscured
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
- Wedercandel swearc windas weóxon. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Swearc norðrodor won under wolcnum. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
- to become troubled, gloomy, sad
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
- Siteþ sorgcearig, on sefan sweorceþ, sylfum þinceþ, ðæt sý endeleás earfoða dǽl. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Hé modsorge wæg, hreþer innan swearc. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- On hú grundleásum seáðe swiaceþ ðæt sweorcende mód. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
- to become heavy with grief, troublesome, saddening
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
- Ne hine wiht dereþ, adl ne yldo, ne him inwitsorh on sefan sweorceþ. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of sweorcan (strong class 3)
infinitive | sweorcan | sweorcenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | sweorce | swearc |
second person singular | swiercst | swurce |
third person singular | swiercþ | swearc |
plural | sweorcaþ | swurcon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | sweorce | swurce |
plural | sweorcen | swurcen |
imperative | ||
singular | sweorc | |
plural | sweorcaþ | |
participle | present | past |
sweorcende | (ġe)sworcen |