swencan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swankijan, from Proto-Germanic *swankijaną (“to cause to swing or sway, sling”), causative of Proto-Germanic *swinkaną (“to swing, bend”). Cognate with Old High German swenken (“to beat, whip, paddle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswen.t͡ʃɑn/

Verb

swenċan

1. to cause to labor; to cause trouble (to somebody)
2. to harass, vex, afflict, distress
3. to chasten

Conjugation

Conjugation of swenċan (weak class 1)

infinitive	swenċan	swenċenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	swenċe	swencte
second person singular	swenċest, swencst	swenctest
third person singular	swenċeþ, swencþ	swencte
plural	swenċaþ	swencton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	swenċe	swencte
plural	swenċen	swencten
imperative
singular	swenċ
plural	swenċaþ
participle	present	past
	swenċende	(ġe)swenċed

Derived terms

• āswenċan
• ġeswenċan

Descendants

• Middle English: swenchen

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “SWENCAN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.