sweten
Middle Dutch
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- sweiten
Further reading
- “sweten (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “sweten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English swētan. Not directly cognate to English sweeten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsweːtən/
Verb
sweten (third-person singular simple present sweteth, present participle swetende, simple past and past participle sweted)
Conjugation
Conjugation of sweten (weak)
infinitive | (to) sweten | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | swete | swetede |
2nd person singular | swetest | swetedest |
3rd person singular | sweteth, sweteþ | swetede |
plural | sweten | sweteden |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | swete | swetede |
plural | sweten | sweteden |
imperative | present | |
singular | swete | |
plural | sweteth, sweteþ | |
participle | present | past |
swetende, swetinge | sweted, ysweted |
Etymology 2
From Old English swǣtan, from Proto-Germanic *swaitijaną.
Alternative forms
- sweaten, swheten
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswɛːtən/
Verb
sweten (third-person singular simple present sweteth, present participle swetende, simple past and past participle sweted)
- To sweat, perspire, bleed
- To release condensation
Conjugation
Conjugation of sweten (weak)
infinitive | (to) sweten | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | swete | swetede |
2nd person singular | swetest | swetedest |
3rd person singular | sweteth, sweteþ | swetede |
plural | sweten | sweteden |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | swete | swetede |
plural | sweten | sweteden |
imperative | present | |
singular | swete | |
plural | sweteth, sweteþ | |
participle | present | past |
swetende, swetinge | sweted, ysweted |
Descendants
- English: sweat
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