active voice | |||||||
present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek sveip | 1pl | vér sveipum | 1sg | ek sveipa | 1pl | vér sveipim |
2sg | þú sveipr | 2pl | þér sveipið | 2sg | þú sveipir | 2pl | þér sveipið |
3sg | hon sveipr | 3pl | þau sveipa | 3sg | hon sveipi | 3pl | þau sveipi |
preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek sveip | 1pl | vér svipum | 1sg | ek svipa | 1pl | vér svipim |
2sg | þú sveipt | 2pl | þér svipuð | 2sg | þú svipir | 2pl | þér svipið |
3sg | hon sveip | 3pl | þau svipu | 3sg | hon svipi | 3pl | þau svipi |
preterite infinitive | svipu | ||||||
past participle | f. | sveipin | m. | sveipinn | n. | sveipit | |
imperative | 2sg | sveip | 1pl | sveipum | 2pl | sveipið |
middle voice: sveipask | |||||||
present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek sveipumk | 1pl | vér sveipumk | 1sg | ek sveipumk | 1pl | vér sveipimk |
2sg | þú sveipsk | 2pl | þér sveipizk | 2sg | þú sveipisk | 2pl | þér sveipizk |
3sg | hon sveipsk | 3pl | þau sveipask | 3sg | hon sveipisk | 3pl | þau sveipisk |
preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek svipumk | 1pl | vér svipumk | 1sg | ek svipumk | 1pl | vér svipimk |
2sg | þú sveipzk | 2pl | þér svipuzk | 2sg | þú svipisk | 2pl | þér svipizk |
3sg | hon sveipsk | 3pl | þau svipusk | 3sg | hon svipisk | 3pl | þau svipisk |
past participle | n. | sveipizk | |||||
imperative | 2sg | sveipsk | 1pl | sveipumk | 2pl | sveipizk |
PG *swaipaną, OE swāpan VIIa, ME swōpen, weak MnE swoop. The ME form also developed into weak ME swēpen, MnE sweep, whether or not with interference from ON svipa 2 “swoop; whip.” Shares a root with the noun ON svipa “whip,” in turn cognate with Dutch zweep “whip.” Fragmentarily attested; more commonly found as class 2 weak (sveipaði, sveipaðr). The pattern of conjugation is unique: the preterite forms are consistent with the first conjugation, but the attested present-tense and participial forms are not.
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