sweorcan

From Proto-Germanic *swerkaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈswe͜or.kɑn/,

sweorcan

1. to darken, be obscured
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
     1. Wedercandel swearc windas weóxon. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
     2. Swearc norðrodor won under wolcnum. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2. to become troubled, gloomy, sad
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
     1. Siteþ sorgcearig, on sefan sweorceþ, sylfum þinceþ, ðæt sý endeleás earfoða dǽl. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
     2. Hé modsorge wæg, hreþer innan swearc. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
     3. On hú grundleásum seáðe swiaceþ ðæt sweorcende mód. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
3. to become heavy with grief, troublesome, saddening
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
     1. Ne hine wiht dereþ, adl ne yldo, ne him inwitsorh on sefan sweorceþ. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• āsweorcan
• forsweorcan
• ġesweorcan
• tōsweorcan

• sweorcian