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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swindaną.
Verb
*swindan[1]
- to diminish, to dwindle
Inflection
Strong class 3
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Infinitive
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*swindan
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1st sg. past
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*swand
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3rd pl. past
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*swundun
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Past ptcple
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*swundan
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Infinitive
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*swindan
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Genitive infin.
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*swindannjas
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Dative infin.
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*swindannjē
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Instrum. infin.
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*swindannju
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Indicative
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Present
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Past
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1st singular
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*swindu
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*swand
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2nd singular
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*swindiʀi
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*swundī
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3rd singular
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*swindidi
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*swand
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1st plural
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*swindum
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*swundum
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2nd plural
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*swindid
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*swundud
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3rd plural
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*swindand
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*swundun
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Subjunctive
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Present
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Past
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1st singular
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*swindē
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*swundī
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2nd singular
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*swindēs
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*swundī
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3rd singular
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*swindē
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*swundī
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1st plural
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*swindēm
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*swundīm
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2nd plural
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*swindēþ
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*swundīd
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3rd plural
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*swindēn
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*swundīn
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Imperative
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Present
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Singular
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*swind
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Plural
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*swindid
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Present
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Past
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Participle
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*swindandī
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*swundan
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*swindan”