swefan in Old English

IPA: /ˈswe.fɑn/, [ˈswe.vɑn] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *swefan, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną. Cognate with Old Norse sofa (Danish sove, Norwegian sove, Swedish sova). Etymology templates: {{root|ang|ine-pro|*swep-}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*swefan}} Proto-West Germanic *swefan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*swefaną}} Proto-Germanic *swefaną, {{cog|non|sofa}} Old Norse sofa, {{cog|da|sove}} Danish sove, {{cog|no|sove}} Norwegian sove, {{cog|sv|sova}} Swedish sova Head templates: {{ang-verb}} swefan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|swefan<s5>}} Forms: strong [table-tags], swefan [infinitive], swefenne [infinitive], swefe [first-person, present, singular], swæf [first-person, past, singular], swifst [present, second-person, singular], swǣfe [past, second-person, singular], swifþ [present, singular, third-person], swæf [past, singular, third-person], swefaþ [plural, present], swǣfon [past, plural], swefe [present, singular], swǣfe [past, singular], swefen [plural, present], swǣfen [past, plural], swef [imperative, past, present, singular], swefaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], swefende [imperative, present], swefen [imperative, past], ġeswefen [imperative, past]

Inflected forms

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    {
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          },
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        }
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      "text": "Middle English: sweven"
    }
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        "3": "*swefaną"
      },
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "da",
        "2": "sove"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish sove",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "no",
        "2": "sove"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian sove",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "sova"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish sova",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "swefan",
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    },
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      "form": "swefenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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        "past",
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        "singular"
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        "present"
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      "form": "swǣfon",
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        "present",
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        "past",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "swefen",
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swǣfen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swef",
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        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swefende",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swefen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeswefen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "(poetic) to be dead"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈswe.fɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈswe.vɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swefan"
}

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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *swep-",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "expansion": "Norwegian sove",
      "name": "cog"
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      "expansion": "Swedish sova",
      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *swefan, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną. Cognate with Old Norse sofa (Danish sove, Norwegian sove, Swedish sova).",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "swefan",
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      "form": "swefenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swefe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "swifst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "swifþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "swæf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swefaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swǣfon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swefe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swǣfe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swefen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swǣfen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swef",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swefaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swefende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swefen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeswefen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "to be dead"
      ],
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        "(poetic) to be dead"
      ],
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        "poetic"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈswe.fɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈswe.vɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "swefan"
}

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"swefan" meaning in Old English

Verb

Inflected forms