Old English · adjective

swæs

Normalised swǣs

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /swæːs/
Syllables: swæːs (1 syllable)
Modern English: dear beloved own

Meaning

dear, beloved

sāre æfter swǣsne. / Sorg bið ġenīwad...

Then are the heart's wounds the heavier, aching after the beloved one. Sorrow is renewed...
Þonne bēoð þȳ hefiġran / heortan benne,
own

Declension

Strong declension of swæs
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	swǣs	swǣs	swǣs
Accusative	swǣsne	swǣse	swǣs
Genitive	swǣses	swǣsre	swǣses
Dative	swǣsum	swǣsre	swǣsum
Instrumental	swǣse	swǣsre	swǣse
Plural
Nominative	swǣse	swǣsa swǣse	swǣs
Accusative	swǣse	swǣsa swǣse	swǣs
Genitive	swǣsra	swǣsra	swǣsra
Dative	swǣsum	swǣsum	swǣsum
Instrumental	swǣsum	swǣsum	swǣsum

Weak declension of swæs
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	swǣsa	swǣse	swǣse
Accusative	swǣsan	swǣsan	swǣse
Genitive	swǣsan	swǣsan	swǣsan
Dative	swǣsan	swǣsan	swǣsan
Instrumental	swǣsan	swǣsan	swǣsan
Plural
Nominative	swǣsan	swǣsan	swǣsan
Accusative	swǣsan	swǣsan	swǣsan
Genitive	swǣsra swǣsena	swǣsra swǣsena	swǣsra swǣsena
Dative	swǣsum	swǣsum	swǣsum
Instrumental	swǣsum	swǣsum	swǣsum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swēsaz (“one's own, familiar, trusted”), *swēsa- (“own, relation”), from Proto-Indo-European. Cognate with Old Frisian swēs (“related”), Old Saxon swās (“dear”), Old Norse sváss (“dear, beloved”), Gothic (swēs, “own”). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin sibi, Russian себя́ (sebjá).

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