swindan
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *swindan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]swindan
- to waste away, languish, grow languid, be consumed
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
- Se synfulla swindeþ. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- The sinful one wasteth away.
- Sāwel heora on yfelum swand. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Their soul wasted away in evil.
- Swindan þū dydest sāwle his. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Thou did'st consume his soul
- On þām frumwylme heora ġeċyrrednesse hȳ hīsylfe fulfremede taliaþ, ac hȳ swīþe reċene āwlaciaþ and swindende ācōliaþ. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- In the initial welling up (of feelings) from their conversion, they reckon themselves complete, but they very readily grow lukewarm, and thereby languishing, they cool off (spiritually).
- Se synfulla swindeþ. ― (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 swindan (strong class 3)
infinitive | swindan | swindenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | swinde | swand |
second person singular | swinst, swintst | swunde |
third person singular | swint | swand |
plural | swindaþ | swundon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | swinde | swunde |
plural | swinden | swunden |
imperative | ||
singular | swind | |
plural | swindaþ | |
participle | present | past |
swindende | (ġe)swunden |
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “swindan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- German Lexicon Project
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