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Old English · adjective

sweotol

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈswe͜o.tol/
Syllables
ˈswe͜o · tol (2 syllables)
Modern English
distinctclearevidentintelligible

Meaning

  1. clear, intelligible; evident, distinct

Declension

Strong declension of sweotol
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative sweotolsweotolsweotol
Accusative sweotolnesweotolesweotol
Genitive sweotolessweotolresweotoles
Dative sweotolumsweotolresweotolum
Instrumental sweotolesweotolresweotole
Plural
Nominative sweotolesweotolasweotolesweotol
Accusative sweotolesweotolasweotolesweotol
Genitive sweotolrasweotolrasweotolra
Dative sweotolumsweotolumsweotolum
Instrumental sweotolumsweotolumsweotolum
Weak declension of sweotol
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative sweotolasweotolesweotole
Accusative sweotolansweotolansweotole
Genitive sweotolansweotolansweotolan
Dative sweotolansweotolansweotolan
Instrumental sweotolansweotolansweotolan
Plural
Nominative sweotolansweotolansweotolan
Accusative sweotolansweotolansweotolan
Genitive sweotolrasweotolenasweotolrasweotolenasweotolrasweotolena
Dative sweotolumsweotolumsweotolum
Instrumental sweotolumsweotolumsweotolum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *switul, from Proto-Germanic *switulaz (“clear; evident”), possibly from an early merging of Proto-Germanic *sw- (“self”) from Proto-Indo-European *swō + witan (“to know”), from Proto-Germanic *witaną, with the suffix + -ol (“prone to doing”) from Proto-Germanic *-ulaz (adjective suffix), with the general meaning "self-knowable", thus "evident", however possible derivatives such as *witulaz, *witol (evident) and *switaną, *switan (to know oneself) do not exist outside of this adjective.

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