swervan

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swerbanΔ…. Related to Old English sweorfan, Dutch zwerven, and Gothic πƒπ…πŒ°πŒΉπ‚πŒ±πŒ°πŒ½ (swairban).

Verb

swervan

  1. to wipe
    endi suarf sie mid is fanon aftar
    and he wiped it with his cloth (Heliand, verse 4506)

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • Low German: swarven
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