swebban
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *swabbjan, from Proto-Germanic *swabjaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
swebban
- to send to sleep, lull
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of swebban (weak class 1)
infinitive | swebban | swebbenne |
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indicative mood | present tense | past tense |
first person singular | swebbe | swefede |
second person singular | swefest | swefedest |
third person singular | swefeþ | swefede |
plural | swebbaþ | swefedon |
subjunctive | present tense | past tense |
singular | swebbe | swefede |
plural | swebben | swefeden |
imperative | ||
singular | swefe | |
plural | swebbaþ | |
participle | present | past |
swebbende | (ġe)swefed |
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “swebban”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.