svide

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse svíða (preterit sveið), Proto-Germanic *swīþaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʋiːðə]
• Rhymes: -iːdə

Verb

svide (past tense sved, past participle svedet, c sveden, definite or plural svedne)

1. to scorch, singe, burn

Inflection

Inflection of svide

	present	past
simple	svideer	sved
perfect	har svedet	havde svedet
passive	svidees	—
participle	svideende	svedet
imperative	svide	—
infinitive	svide	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	svideen	—

Etymology 2

From Old Norse svíða (preterit sviddi), a weak verb related to the former verb. It has been assimilated to the former verb morphologically in Danish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʋiːðə], [ˈsʋiːə], [ˈsʋiˀ]

Alternative forms

• svie

Verb

svide (past tense sved, past participle svedet)

1. to smart, sting

Inflection

Inflection of svide

	present	past
simple	svider or svier	sved
perfect	har svedet or (unofficial) sviet	havde svedet or (unofficial) sviet
passive	—	—
participle	svidende or sviende	svedet or (unofficial) sviet
imperative	svid or svi	—
infinitive	svide or svie	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	sviden or svien	—

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

svide m (definite singular sviden, uncountable)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of svie