swencan

Old English

Alternative forms
  • sƿencan

Verb

swencan

  1. to cause to labor; to cause trouble (to somebody)
  2. to harass, vex, afflict, distress
  3. to chasten

Conjugation
Conjugation of swencan (weak class 1)
infinitive swencan tō swencenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular swence swencte
2nd-person singular swencest swenctest
3rd-person singular swenceþ swencte
plural swencaþ swencton
subjunctive present past
singular swence swencte
plural swencen swencten
imperative
singular swenc
plural swencaþ
participle present past
swencende swenced

Derived terms

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