swirman
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *swarmijaną (“to swarm”). Equivalent to swearm + -an.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]swirman
- to swarm (of bees)
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “swirman”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *swer-
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms suffixed with -an
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Old English verbs