swindan

Old English

Alternative forms

• sƿindan — wynn spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swindaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswin.dɑn/

Verb

swindan

1. to waste away, languish, grow languid, be consumed
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
     1. Se synfulla swindeþ. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)

        The sinful one wasteth away.

     2. Sāwel heora on yfelum swand. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)

        Their soul wasted away in evil.

     3. Swindan þū dydest sāwle his. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)

        Thou did'st consume his soul

     4. On þām frumwylme heora ġeċyrrednesse hȳ hīsylfe fulfremede taliaþ, ac hȳ swīþe reċene āwlaciaþ and swindende ācōliaþ. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)

        In the initial welling up (of feelings) from their conversion, they reckon themselves complete, but they very readily grow lukewarm, and thereby languishing, they cool off (spiritually).

Conjugation

Conjugation of swindan (strong class 3)

infinitive	swindan	swindenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	swinde	swand
second person singular	swinst, swintst	swunde
third person singular	swint	swand
plural	swindaþ	swundon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	swinde	swunde
plural	swinden	swunden
imperative
singular	swind
plural	swindaþ
participle	present	past
	swindende	(ġe)swunden

Derived terms

• āswindan

Descendants

• Middle English: swinden, swynden
  • English: swind

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “swindan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• German Lexicon Project