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Old English · verb

swetan

Normalised swētan

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

Meaning

  1. to sweeten

Conjugation

Conjugation of swetan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular swēteswētte
2nd singular swētestswētstswēttest
3rd singular swēteþswēttswētswētte
Plural swētaþswētton
Subjunctive
Singular swēteswētte
Plural swētenswētten
Non-finite forms of swetan
Form
Infinitive swētan
Inflected infinitive swētenne
Imperative singular swēt
Imperative plural swētaþ
Present participle swētende
Past participle swētedġeswēted

All forms (17)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *swōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *swōtijaną, derived from *swōtuz (Old English swēte) + *-janą. Cognate with Old High German suozen, Old Norse *sœta.

Descendants

sweet

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