"sweorcan" meaning in Old English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈswe͜or.kɑn/, [ˈswe͜orˠ.kɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *swerkaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*swerkaną}} Proto-Germanic *swerkaną Head templates: {{ang-verb}} sweorcan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|sweorcan<s3>}} Forms: strong [table-tags], sweorcan [infinitive], sweorcenne [infinitive], sweorce [first-person, present, singular], swearc [first-person, past, singular], swiercst [present, second-person, singular], swurce [past, second-person, singular], swiercþ [present, singular, third-person], swearc [past, singular, third-person], sweorcaþ [plural, present], swurcon [past, plural], sweorce [present, singular], swurce [past, singular], sweorcen [plural, present], swurcen [past, plural], sweorc [imperative, past, present, singular], sweorcaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], sweorcende [imperative, present], sworcen [imperative, past], ġesworcen [imperative, past]
  1. to darken, be obscured
    Sense id: en-sweorcan-ang-verb-41pzmB4z
  2. to become troubled, gloomy, sad
    Sense id: en-sweorcan-ang-verb-jwtzajg0
  3. to become heavy with grief, troublesome, saddening
    Sense id: en-sweorcan-ang-verb-hjYM5i8h Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 21 32 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 29 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 21 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: āsweorcan, forsweorcan, ġesweorcan, tōsweorcan Related terms: sweorcian

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "āsweorcan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "forsweorcan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ġesweorcan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tōsweorcan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*swerkaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swerkaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *swerkaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorcan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorcenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swearc",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swiercst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swurce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swiercþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swearc",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorcaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swurcon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swurce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorcen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swurcen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorc",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorcaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorcende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sworcen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesworcen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sweorcan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sweorcan<s3>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sweorcian"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project. Wedercandel swearc windas weóxon. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "Swearc norðrodor won under wolcnum.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to darken, be obscured"
      ],
      "id": "en-sweorcan-ang-verb-41pzmB4z",
      "links": [
        [
          "darken",
          "darken"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "obscured",
          "obscured"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project. Siteþ sorgcearig, on sefan sweorceþ, sylfum þinceþ, ðæt sý endeleás earfoða dǽl. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "Hé modsorge wæg, hreþer innan swearc.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to become troubled, gloomy, sad"
      ],
      "id": "en-sweorcan-ang-verb-jwtzajg0"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 32 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 29 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 21 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.",
          "text": "Ne hine wiht dereþ, adl ne yldo, ne him inwitsorh on sefan sweorceþ. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to become heavy with grief, troublesome, saddening"
      ],
      "id": "en-sweorcan-ang-verb-hjYM5i8h"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈswe͜or.kɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈswe͜orˠ.kɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sweorcan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 3 strong verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "āsweorcan"
    },
    {
      "word": "forsweorcan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġesweorcan"
    },
    {
      "word": "tōsweorcan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*swerkaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swerkaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *swerkaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorcan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorcenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swearc",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swiercst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swurce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swiercþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swearc",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorcaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swurcon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swurce",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorcen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swurcen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorc",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorcaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweorcende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sworcen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġesworcen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sweorcan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sweorcan<s3>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sweorcian"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Old English quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project. Wedercandel swearc windas weóxon. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "Swearc norðrodor won under wolcnum.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to darken, be obscured"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "darken",
          "darken"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "obscured",
          "obscured"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Old English quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project. Siteþ sorgcearig, on sefan sweorceþ, sylfum þinceþ, ðæt sý endeleás earfoða dǽl. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "Hé modsorge wæg, hreþer innan swearc.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to become troubled, gloomy, sad"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Old English quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.",
          "text": "Ne hine wiht dereþ, adl ne yldo, ne him inwitsorh on sefan sweorceþ. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to become heavy with grief, troublesome, saddening"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈswe͜or.kɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈswe͜orˠ.kɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sweorcan"
}

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