swathlen
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
swathlen
- To swaddle; to bind a baby in strips of cloth.
- (rare) To enclose something by wrapping up.
Conjugation
Conjugation of swathlen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
- “swā̆thelen (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-24.