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Old English · verb

swengan

Normalised swenġan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈswen.jɑn/
[ˈswen.d͡ʒɑn]
Syllables
ˈswen · jɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
swinge

Meaning

  1. To strike at; to charge at.

Conjugation

Conjugation of swengan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular swenġeswengde
2nd singular swenġestswengstswengdest
3rd singular swenġeþswengþswengde
Plural swenġaþswengdon
Subjunctive
Singular swenġeswengde
Plural swenġenswengden
Non-finite forms of swengan
Form
Infinitive swenġan
Inflected infinitive swenġenne
Imperative singular swenġ
Imperative plural swenġaþ
Present participle swenġende
Past participle swenġedġeswenġed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swangijan (“to cause to swing”).

Descendants

swinge

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