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sweorcan

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *swerkaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈswe͜or.kɑn/, [ˈswe͜orˠ.kɑn]

Verb

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sweorcan

  1. to darken, be obscured
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
      1. Wedercandel swearc windas weóxon.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
      2. Swearc norðrodor won under wolcnum.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to become troubled, gloomy, sad
  3. to become heavy with grief, troublesome, saddening
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
      1. Ne hine wiht dereþ, adl ne yldo, ne him inwitsorh on sefan sweorceþ.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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