besvime
Danish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German beswīmen, from Old Saxon *swīman, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *swīman (“to sway, to swoon”).
Verb
editbesvime (imperative besvim, infinitive at besvime, present tense besvimer, past tense besvimede, perfect tense er besvimet)
- to faint
References
edit- “besvime” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German beswīmen, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swīmaną (“to sway, to swoon”).
Verb
editbesvime (imperative besvim, present tense besvimer, passive besvimes, simple past besvimte, past participle besvimt, present participle besvimende)
- to faint
References
editCategories:
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Danish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Danish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Danish lemmas
- Danish verbs
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål verbs