Unknown. Arguably related to Old Norse svamla (“to swim; to splash”) and Norwegian Nynorsk svamle (“to swim; to splash; to ramble”).
svamla (present svamlar, preterite svamlade, supine svamlat, imperative svamla)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | svamla | svamlas | ||
Supine | svamlat | svamlats | ||
Imperative | svamla | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | svamlen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | svamlar | svamlade | svamlas | svamlades |
Ind. plural1 | svamla | svamlade | svamlas | svamlades |
Subjunctive2 | svamle | svamlade | svamles | svamlades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | svamlande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |