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Old English · verb

swodrian

Part of speech: verb
Verb class: weak class 2
IPA: /ˈswod.ri.ɑn/
Syllables: ˈswod · ri · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English: swother drowsy asleep fall asleep

Meaning

to become drowsy
to fall asleep

Conjugation

Conjugation of swodrian
Indicative
	Present	Past
1st singular	swodriġe	swodrode
2nd singular	swodrast	swodrodest
3rd singular	swodraþ	swodrode
Plural	swodriaþ	swodrodon
Subjunctive
Singular	swodriġe	swodrode
Plural	swodriġen	swodroden

Non-finite forms of swodrian
	Form
Infinitive	swodrian
Inflected infinitive	swodrienne
Imperative singular	swodra
Imperative plural	swodriaþ
Present participle	swodriende
Past participle	swodrod ġeswodrod

All forms (15)

swodriġe
swodrode
swodrast
swodrodest
swodraþ
swodriaþ
swodrodon
swodriġen
swodroden
swodrian
swodrienne
swodra
swodriende
swodrod
ġeswodrod

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swoþrōn, related to Proto-West Germanic *swaþrōn (“to lose consciousness, faint”).

Descendants

swother

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