swegan

Old English

Alternative forms
  • sƿēġan

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsweːjɑn/

Verb

swēġan

  1. to make a noise
  2. to rush, roar, crash
  3. to produce tones
  4. to sing or play music
  5. to signify by sound

Conjugation
Conjugation of swēġan (weak class 1)
infinitive swēġan tō swēġenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular swēġe swēġde
2nd-person singular swēġest swēġdest
3rd-person singular swēġeþ swēġde
plural swēġaþ swēġdon
subjunctive present past
singular swēġe swēġde
plural swēġen swēġden
imperative
singular swēġ
plural swēġaþ
participle present past
swēġende (ġe)swēġed

Derived terms
  • āswēġan
  • onswēġan

Further reading
  • SWĒĠAN in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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