swindan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swindaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈswindan/

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.
        The sinful one wasteth away.
      2. Sawel heora on yfelum swand.
        Their soul wasted away in evil.
      3. Swindan ðú dydesð sáwle his.
        Thou did'st consume his soul
      4. On ðam frumwylme heora gecyrrednesse hȳ Hīsylfe fulfremede taliaþ, ac hȳ swīþe recene awlaciaþ and swindende ācōliaþ.
        Upon arrival of their fever, as they tell Hisylf, they, but mighty fast, grow lukewarm and deadly cold.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • āswindan

References

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