sweorcan

Old English

sweorcan

to darken, be obscured
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
  1. Wedercandel swearc windas weóxon. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. Swearc norðrodor won under wolcnum. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
to become troubled, gloomy, sad
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
  1. Siteþ sorgcearig, on sefan sweorceþ, sylfum þinceþ, ðæt sý endeleás earfoða dǽl. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. Hé modsorge wæg, hreþer innan swearc. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. On hú grundleásum seáðe swiaceþ ðæt sweorcende mód. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
to become heavy with grief, troublesome, saddening
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
  1. Ne hine wiht dereþ, adl ne yldo, ne him inwitsorh on sefan sweorceþ. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation of sweorcan (strong class 3)