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svimma

Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *swimmaną.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to swim

Conjugation

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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

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References

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

Swedish

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en kvinna som svimmar [a woman fainting]

Etymology

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From Middle Low German swimen, from Proto-Germanic *swīmaną (“to sway, to swoon”). Cf. Danish besvime, Norwegian Bokmål besvime, Norwegian Nynorsk svime, English sweem, Dutch zwijm. Likely related to English swoon.

Verb

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

  1. (sometimes with av (“off”)) to faint, to pass out
    Synonym: tuppa av
    Jag svimmade av skräck när jag såg vampyren
    I fainted with fear when I saw the vampire
    att svimma (av)
    to pass out

Usage notes

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  • Avsvimmad is used for the past participle.
  • "Svimma" is a bit closer to "faint," while "tuppa av" is closer to "pass out," though "svimma" does not sound literary.

Conjugation

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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 avsvimmad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
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References

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