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Old English · verb

swipian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈswi.pi.ɑn/
Syllables
ˈswi · pi · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
swipswipelashscourge

Meaning

  1. to scourge, strike, beat, lash

Conjugation

Conjugation of swipian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular swipiġeswipode
2nd singular swipastswipodest
3rd singular swipaþswipode
Plural swipiaþswipodon
Subjunctive
Singular swipiġeswipode
Plural swipiġenswipoden
Non-finite forms of swipian
Form
Infinitive swipian
Inflected infinitive swipienne
Imperative singular swipa
Imperative plural swipiaþ
Present participle swipiende
Past participle swipodġeswipod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swippjan, *swipōn, *swipēn, from Proto-Germanic *swipōną, *swipjaną, *swipāną (“to move”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyb- (“to bend, turn, swerve, sway, swing, sweep”).

Descendants

swip, swipe

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