swymmen

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English swimman, from Proto-West Germanic *swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną.

Forms in -e- and weak forms are possibly due to the conflation of this verb with an Old English *swemman.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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swymmen (third-person singular simple present swymmen, present participle swymmynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative swam, past participle swummen)

  1. To swim (move in water)
  2. To float (be buoyed above the water)
  3. To be on a moving object floating on water.
  4. To move like or in liquid.

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • English: swim
  • Scots: sweem, soom

References

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