sweorcan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swerkaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈswe͜or.kɑn/, [ˈswe͜orˠ.kɑn]

Verb

sweorcan

  1. to darken, be obscured
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
      1. Wedercandel swearc windas weóxon. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      2. Swearc norðrodor won under wolcnum. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to become troubled, gloomy, sad
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
      1. Siteþ sorgcearig, on sefan sweorceþ, sylfum þinceþ, ðæt sý endeleás earfoða dǽl. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      2. Hé modsorge wæg, hreþer innan swearc. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      3. On hú grundleásum seáðe swiaceþ ðæt sweorcende mód. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. to become heavy with grief, troublesome, saddening
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
      1. Ne hine wiht dereþ, adl ne yldo, ne him inwitsorh on sefan sweorceþ. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation
Conjugation of sweorcan (strong class 3)
infinitive sweorcan sweorcenne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular sweorce swearc
second person singular swiercst swurce
third person singular swiercþ swearc
plural sweorcaþ swurcon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular sweorce swurce
plural sweorcen swurcen
imperative
singular sweorc
plural sweorcaþ
participle present past
sweorcende (ġe)sworcen

Derived terms
  • sweorcian
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