svimma

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swimmaną.

Verb

svimma (singular past indicative svamm, plural past indicative summu, past participle summinn)

  1. (intransitive) to swim

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Faroese: svimja
  • Icelandic: svimma, svima, symja
  • Norn: suma
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: symja, svemja
  • Jamtish: symi
  • Elfdalian: simma
  • Old Swedish: symma
  • Scanian: sømma
  • Old Danish: swimmæ
  • Gutnish: sime

References

  • svimma”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German swimen, cf. Danish besvime, Norwegian Bokmål besvime, Norwegian Nynorsk svime, English sweem, Dutch zwijm, from Proto-Germanic *swindaną. Likely unrelated to English swoon.

Verb

svimma (present svimmar, preterite svimmade, supine svimmat, imperative svimma)

  1. to faint; to lose consciousness

Conjugation

  • avsvimma

Further reading

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