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Old English · verb

swinsian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈswin.si.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈswin · si · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
melodiously

Meaning

  1. to sound melodiously; make melody; sing

    Þonne from fēowerum foldan sċēatum, þām ȳtemestum eorþan rīċes, englas ælbeorhte on efen blāwað bȳman on brehtme. Beofað middanġeard, hrūse under hæleþum. Hlȳdað tōsomne, trume ond torhte, wið tungla gong, singað ond swinsiaþ sūþan ond norþan, ēastan ond westan, ofer healle ġesċeaft.

    Then from the four corners of the world, from the outmost of Earth’s kingdom, all-bright angels will blow together on trumpets in one song. Middle-earth, the ground under men, will shiver. Strong and shiny, they will resound together with the path of stars, sing and bring melody from the south and from the north, from the east and from the west, over the whole creation.

    10th century, Christ III:

Conjugation

Conjugation of swinsian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular swinsiġeswinsode
2nd singular swinsastswinsodest
3rd singular swinsaþswinsode
Plural swinsiaþswinsodon
Subjunctive
Singular swinsiġeswinsode
Plural swinsiġenswinsoden
Non-finite forms of swinsian
Form
Infinitive swinsian
Inflected infinitive swinsienne
Imperative singular swinsa
Imperative plural swinsiaþ
Present participle swinsiende
Past participle swinsodġeswinsod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swinisōn, from Proto-Germanic *swinisōną, from Proto-Germanic *swin- (“to sound”).

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