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Low German
Etymology
From the noun Swarm. Related to Dutch zwermen and German schwärmen.
Verb
swarmen (past swarm, past participle swarmt, auxiliary verb hebben)
- to swarm
Conjugation
Conjugation of swarmen (weak verb)
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English swierman, from Proto-Germanic *swarmijaną; equivalent to swarm + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswarmən/, /ˈswɛrmən/
Verb
swarmen
- To swarm; to move around in a large group.
a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Summoner's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 1693–1696:Right so as bees out swarmen from an hyve, / Out of the develes ers ther gonne dryve / Twenty thousand freres on a route / And thurghout helle swarmed al aboute...- Just like bees swarm from a hive / Out of the devil's arse there were driven / Twenty thousand friars on a rout / And throughout hell they swarmed all about...
- (rare) To be present in great quantity.
Conjugation
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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