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Old English · verb

swindan

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
strong class III
IPA
/ˈswin.dɑn/
Syllables
ˈswin · dɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
consumedlanguidlanguish

Meaning

  1. to waste away, languish, grow languid, be consumed

    Sāwel heora on yfelum swand. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation) Their soul wasted away in evil. Swindan þū dydest sāwle his. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation) Thou did'st consume his soul On þām frumwylme heora ġeċyrrednesse hȳ hīsylfe fulfremede taliaþ, ac hȳ swīþe reċene āwlaciaþ and swindende ācōliaþ. ― (please add an Engli

    In the initial welling up (of feelings) from their conversion, they reckon themselves complete, but they very readily grow lukewarm, and thereby languishing, they cool off (spiritually).

    The sinful one wasteth away.

Conjugation

Conjugation of swindan
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular swindeswand
2nd singular swinstswintstswunde
3rd singular swintswand
Plural swindaþswundon
Subjunctive
Singular swindeswunde
Plural swindenswunden
Non-finite forms of swindan
Form
Infinitive swindan
Inflected infinitive swindenne
Imperative singular swind
Imperative plural swindaþ
Present participle swindende
Past participle swundenġeswunden

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swindan.

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