swindan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swindan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈswin.dɑn/

Verb

swindan

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. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
    The sinful one wasteth away.
  2. Sāwel heora on yfelum swand. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
    Their soul wasted away in evil.
  3. Swindan þū dydest sāwle his. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
    Thou did'st consume his soul
  4. On þām frumwylme heora ġeċyrrednesse hȳ hīsylfe fulfremede taliaþ, ac hȳ swīþe reċene āwlaciaþ and swindende ācōliaþ. ― (please add an English translation of this quote)
    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)

indicative mood	present tense	past tense
infinitive	swindan	swindenne
first person singular	swinde	swand
second person singular	swinst, swintst	swunde
third person singular	swint	swand
plural	swindaþ	swundon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	swinde	swunde
plural	swinden	swunden
imperative
singular	swind
plural	swindaþ
participle	present	past
	swindende	(ġe)swunden

Derived terms

āswindan

Descendants

Middle English: swinden, swynden

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “swindan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
German Lexicon Project

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