sweyen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• swie, swe

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse sveigja, from Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswæi̯ən/

Verb

sweyen

1. to sway

Conjugation

Conjugation of sweyen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) sweyen, sweye
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	sweye	sweyed
2nd-person singular	sweyest	sweyedest
3rd-person singular	sweyeth	sweyed
subjunctive singular	sweye
imperative singular		—
plural1	sweyen, sweye	sweyeden, sweyede
imperative plural	sweyeth, sweye	—
participles	sweyynge, sweyende	sweyed, ysweyed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: sway
• Scots: swey
• Yola: zwae

References

• “sweien, v.²”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.