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Old English · verb

swætan

Normalised swǣtan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈswæː.tɑn/
Syllables
ˈswæː · tɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
sweat

Meaning

  1. to sweat

Conjugation

Conjugation of swætan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular swǣteswǣtte
2nd singular swǣtestswǣtstswǣttest
3rd singular swǣteþswǣttswǣtswǣtte
Plural swǣtaþswǣtton
Subjunctive
Singular swǣteswǣtte
Plural swǣtenswǣtten
Non-finite forms of swætan
Form
Infinitive swǣtan
Inflected infinitive swǣtenne
Imperative singular swǣt
Imperative plural swǣtaþ
Present participle swǣtende
Past participle swǣtedġeswǣted

All forms (17)

Etymology

Proto-West Germanic *swaitijan, from Proto-Germanic *swaitijaną (“to sweat”), derived from *swait- (“sweat”).

Descendants

sweat

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