swindan

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swindaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈswindan/

Verb

swindan

  1. to waste away, languish, grow languid, be consumed
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
      1. Se synfulla swindeþ.
        The sinful one wasteth away.
      2. Sāwel heora on yfelum swand.
        Their soul wasted away in evil.
      3. Swindan þū dydest sāwle his.
        Thou did'st consume his soul
      4. On þām frumwylme heora ġeċyrrednesse hȳ hīsylfe fulfremede taliaþ, ac hȳ swīþe reċene āwlaciaþ and swindende ācōliaþ.
        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).

Conjugation
Conjugation of swindan (strong class 3)
infinitive swindan tō swindenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular swinde swand
2nd-person singular swindest swunde
3rd-person singular swindeþ swand
plural swindaþ swundon
subjunctive present past
singular swinde swunde
plural swinden swunden
imperative
singular swind
plural swindaþ
participle present past
swindende (ġe)swunden

Derived terms
  • āswindan

Descendants

References
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