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Old English · verb

swimman

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class III
IPA
/ˈswim.mɑn/
Syllables
ˈswim · mɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
swim

Meaning

  1. to swim

    grēteð glīwstafum, · ġeorne ġeondsċēawað seċġa ġeseldan. · Swimmað oft on weġ.

    when mind goes through memory of kinsmen, greets with mirths, eagerly looks through comrades of men. They often swim away.

    þonne māga ġemynd · mōd ġeondhweorfeð,

Conjugation

Conjugation of swimman
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular swimmeswamm
2nd singular swimstswumme
3rd singular swimþswamm
Plural swimmaþswummon
Subjunctive
Singular swimmeswumme
Plural swimmenswummen
Non-finite forms of swimman
Form
Infinitive swimman
Inflected infinitive swimmenne
Imperative singular swimm
Imperative plural swimmaþ
Present participle swimmende
Past participle swummenġeswummen

All forms (14)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swimman, whence also Old Frisian swimma, Old Saxon swimman, Old Dutch *swimman, Old High German swimman, Old Norse svimma.

Descendants

swim

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