svimma

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swimmaną.

Verb

svimma (singular past indicative svamm, plural past indicative summu, past participle summinn)

  1. (intransitive) to swim

Conjugation

Conjugation of svimma — active (strong class 3)
infinitive svimma
present participle svimmandi
past participle summinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular svimm svamm
2nd-person singular svimmr svammt
3rd-person singular svimmr svamm
1st-person plural svimmum summum
2nd-person plural svimmið summuð
3rd-person plural svimma summu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular svimma symma
2nd-person singular svimmir symmir
3rd-person singular svimmi symmi
1st-person plural svimmim symmim
2nd-person plural svimmið symmið
3rd-person plural svimmi symmi
imperative present
2nd-person singular svimm
1st-person plural svimmum
2nd-person plural svimmið
Conjugation of svimma — mediopassive (strong class 3)
infinitive svimmask
present participle svimmandisk
past participle summizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular svimmumk summumk
2nd-person singular svimmsk svammzk
3rd-person singular svimmsk svammsk
1st-person plural svimmumsk summumsk
2nd-person plural svimmizk summuzk
3rd-person plural svimmask summusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular svimmumk symmumk
2nd-person singular svimmisk symmisk
3rd-person singular svimmisk symmisk
1st-person plural svimmimsk symmimsk
2nd-person plural svimmizk symmizk
3rd-person plural svimmisk symmisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular svimmsk
1st-person plural svimmumsk
2nd-person plural svimmizk

Descendants

References

  • “svimma”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German swimen, cf. Danish besvime, Norwegian Bokmål besvime, Norwegian Nynorsk svime, English sweem, Dutch zwijm, from Proto-Germanic *swindaną. Likely unrelated to English swoon.

Verb

svimma (present svimmar, preterite svimmade, supine svimmat, imperative svimma)

  1. to faint; to lose consciousness

Conjugation

Conjugation of svimma (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive svimma —
Supine svimmat —
Imperative svimma —
Imper. plural1 svimmen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative svimmar svimmade — —
Ind. plural1 svimma svimmade — —
Subjunctive2 svimme svimmade — —
Participles
Present participle svimmande
Past participle svimmad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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