"swarmen" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Low German]

Etymology: From the noun Swarm. Related to Dutch zwermen and German schwärmen. Etymology templates: {{m|nds|Swarm}} Swarm, {{m|nl|zwermen}} zwermen, {{m|de|schwärmen}} schwärmen Head templates: {{head|nds|verb|past|swarm|past participle|swarmt|auxiliary verb|hebben}} swarmen (past swarm, past participle swarmt, auxiliary verb hebben) Inflection templates: {{nds-conj-wk|swarm|swarm|swarm|swarm|swarm}}, {{nds-conj-table|swarm|swarms(t)|swarm(t)|swarmt, swarmen|swarm|swarms(t)|swarm|swarmen|swarm(e)|swarmt|swarmen|(e)swarmt, geswarmt|head=swarmen (weak verb)}} Forms: swarm [past], swarmt [participle, past], hebben [auxiliary], weak [table-tags], swarmen [infinitive], swarm [first-person, present, singular], swarm [first-person, preterite, singular], swarms [present, second-person, singular], swarmst [present, second-person, singular], swarms [preterite, second-person, singular], swarmst [preterite, second-person, singular], swarm [present, singular, third-person], swarmt [present, singular, third-person], swarm [preterite, singular, third-person], swarmt [plural, present], swarmen [plural, present], swarmen [plural, preterite], swarm [present, singular], swarme [present, singular], swarmen [present], swarmt [past], eswarmt [past], geswarmt [past]
  1. to swarm
    Sense id: en-swarmen-nds-verb-ewGtDlG1 Categories (other): Low German entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 71 18 10 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 63 19 17

Verb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈswarmən/, /ˈswɛrmən/
Etymology: From Old English swierman, from Proto-Germanic *swarmijaną; equivalent to swarm + -en (infinitival suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|swierman}} Old English swierman, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*swarmijaną}} Proto-Germanic *swarmijaną, {{af|enm|swarm|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix}} swarm + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} swarmen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|swarm}} Forms: weak [table-tags], swarmen [infinitive], to swarmen [infinitive], swarme [infinitive], swarme [first-person, present, singular], swarmed [first-person, past, singular], swarmest [present, second-person, singular], swarmedest [past, second-person, singular], swarmeth [present, singular, third-person], swarmed [past, singular, third-person], swarme [present, singular, subjunctive], swarmed [past, singular, subjunctive], swarme [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], swarmen [plural, present], swarme [plural, present], swarmeden [past, plural], swarmede [past, plural], swarmeth [imperative, plural, present], swarme [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], swarmynge [participle, present], swarmende [participle, present], swarmed [participle, past], yswarmed [participle, past]
  1. To swarm; to move around in a large group.
    Sense id: en-swarmen-enm-verb-q-GA2bnf
  2. (rare) To be present in great quantity. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-swarmen-enm-verb-mzABHBQL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: swermen, swarmyn

Alternative forms

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          "english": "Just like bees swarm from a hive / Out of the devil's arse there were driven / Twenty thousand friars on a rout / And throughout hell they swarmed all about...",
          "ref": "a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Summoner's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 1693–1696",
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        "(rare) To be present in great quantity."
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        "Low German entries with incorrect language header",
        "Low German lemmas",
        "Low German verbs",
        "Low German weak verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to swarm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swarm",
          "swarm"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "swarmen"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
    "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "swarm"
          },
          "expansion": "English: swarm",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: swarm"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "swairm"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: swairm",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: swairm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "swierman"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English swierman",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*swarmijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swarmijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "swarm",
        "3": "-en",
        "id2": "infinitival",
        "pos2": "infinitival suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "swarm + -en (infinitival suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English swierman, from Proto-Germanic *swarmijaną; equivalent to swarm + -en (infinitival suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarmen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to swarmen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarme",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarme",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarmed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarmest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarmedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarmeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarmed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarme",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarmed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarme",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarmen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarme",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarmeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarmede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarmeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarme",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarmynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarmende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swarmed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yswarmed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "swarmen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "swarm"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Just like bees swarm from a hive / Out of the devil's arse there were driven / Twenty thousand friars on a rout / And throughout hell they swarmed all about...",
          "ref": "a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Summoner's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 1693–1696",
          "text": "Right so as bees out swarmen from an hyve, / Out of the develes ers ther gonne dryve / Twenty thousand freres on a route / And thurghout helle swarmed al aboute...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To swarm; to move around in a large group."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be present in great quantity."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To be present in great quantity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈswarmən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈswɛrmən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "swermen"
    },
    {
      "word": "swarmyn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swarmen"
}

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