*swerbaną

Runic: ᛊᚹᛖᚱᛒᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈswer.βɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 3

Meanings

  1. to rub; wipe; polish
  2. to file

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swerbʰ- (‘to turn; wipe; sweep’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularswerbōswerbaų–
2nd singularswirbiziswerbaizswerb
3rd singularswirbidiswerbaiswerbadau
1st dualswerbōzswerbaiw–
2nd dualswerbadizswerbaidizswerbadiz
1st pluralswerbamazswerbaim–
2nd pluralswirbidswerbaidswirbid
3rd pluralswerbandiswerbainswerbandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularswerbai–
2nd singularswerbazaiswerbaizau
3rd singularswerbadaiswerbaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralswerbandaiswerbaindau
2nd pluralswerbandaiswerbaindau
3rd pluralswerbandaiswerbaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularswarbswurbį̄
2nd singularswarftswurbīz
3rd singularswarbswurbī
1st dualswurbūswurbīw
2nd dualswurbudizswurbīdiz
1st pluralswurbumswurbīm
2nd pluralswurbudswurbīd
3rd pluralswurbunswurbīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
swerbaną swerbandz swurbanaz

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Descendants

  • sweorfan (Old English)
    • swerven, swarven (Middle English)
      • swerve, swarve (English)
      • swerfe, swarfe, swerve, swarve (Scots)
  • swerva (Old Frisian)
    • swerve (West Frisian)
  • swerban (Old Saxon)
    • swerven (Middle Low German)
      • swarven (Low German)
  • swervan (Old Saxon)
    • swerven (Middle Low German)
      • swarven (Low German)
  • *swervan (Old Dutch)
    • swerven (Middle Dutch)
      • zwerven (Dutch)
        • swerf, swerwe (Dutch)
  • swerban (Old High German)
    • swerben (Middle High German)
      • swirbelen, swirbeln (Middle High German)
        • schwirbeln (German)
  • sverfa (Old Norse)
    • sverfa (Icelandic)
    • sverva (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • svärva (Swedish)
  • *𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 (*swairban) (Gothic)

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