*swellaną

Runic: ᛊᚹᛖᛚᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈswel.lɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 3

Meanings

to swell

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (‘to swell’) or *swel(Melchert, 2005).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularswellōswellaų–
2nd singularswilliziswellaizswell
3rd singularswillidiswellaiswelladau
1st dualswellōzswellaiw–
2nd dualswelladizswellaidizswelladiz
1st pluralswellamazswellaim–
2nd pluralswillidswellaidswillid
3rd pluralswellandiswellainswellandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularswellai–
2nd singularswellazaiswellaizau
3rd singularswelladaiswellaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralswellandaiswellaindau
2nd pluralswellandaiswellaindau
3rd pluralswellandaiswellaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularswallswullį̄
2nd singularswalltswullīz
3rd singularswallswullī
1st dualswullūswullīw
2nd dualswulludizswullīdiz
1st pluralswullumswullīm
2nd pluralswulludswullīd
3rd pluralswullunswullīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
swellaną swellandz swullanaz

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Descendants

  • swellan (Old English)
    • swellen (Middle English)
      • swell (English)
      • swell (Scots)
  • swella (Old Frisian)
    • swälle (Saterland Frisian)
    • swolle, swolgje (West Frisian)
  • swellan (Old Saxon)
    • swellen, swillen (Middle Low German)
      • swellen (Low German)
      • schwalen (Plautdietsch)
  • *swellan (Old Dutch)
    • swellen (Middle Dutch)
      • zwellen (Dutch)
      • zwèlle (Limburgish)
  • swellan (Old High German)
    • swëllen (Middle High German)
      • schwellen (German)
      • schwëllen (Luxembourgish)
  • svella (Old Norse)
    • svulme (Danish)
    • svella (Faroese)
    • svella (Icelandic)
    • svelle (Norwegian)
  • svella (Old Norse)
    • svælla (Old Swedish)
      • svälla (Swedish)

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