swican

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to bend, turn, swing”).[1]

Cognate with Old Frisian swīka (“stay far from”), Old Saxon swīkan (“betray, languish”), Middle Dutch swiken (Dutch bezwijken (“give way, sink”)), Old High German swīhhan (dialectal German schweichen (“wander round, deceive”)), Old Norse svíkva (“betray”) (Swedish svika, Danish svige).

Pronunciation

Verb

swīcan

  1. to wander, to move about
  2. to deceive, be treacherous

Conjugation

Conjugation of swīcan (strong class 1)
infinitive swīcan swīcenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular swīce swāc
second person singular swīcst swice
third person singular swīcþ swāc
plural swīcaþ swicon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular swīce swice
plural swīcen swicen
imperative
singular swīc
plural swīcaþ
participle present past
swīcende (ġe)swicen

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: swike

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “3030”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 3030
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