svepa

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish svepa, swæpa, from Old Norse sveipa, from Proto-Germanic *swaipaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

svepa (present sveper, preterite svepte, supine svept, imperative svep)

  1. (often with a particle like förbi (by)) to sweep (move in a sweeping motion)
  2. (often with a particle like bort (away)) to sweep (cause to be swept away)
  3. (often with a particle like in (in) or om (about, around)) to wrap (put a cloth or the like over/around, often of a body – from an (imagined) sweeping motion)
  4. to sweep (mines)
  5. (colloquial) to quickly down (drink up, usually alcoholic beverage)
    Han svepte två öl
    He downed ("swept") two beers

Conjugation

Conjugation of svepa (weak)
active passive
infinitive svepa svepas
supine svept svepts
imperative svep
imper. plural1 svepen
present past present past
indicative sveper svepte sveps, svepes sveptes
ind. plural1 svepa svepte svepas sveptes
subjunctive2 svepe svepte svepes sveptes
present participle svepande
past participle svept

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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