sweorcan

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *swerkaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈswe͜or.kɑn/, [ˈswe͜orˠ.kɑn] === Verb === sweorcan to darken, be obscured 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project. Wedercandel swearc windas weóxon. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation) Swearc norðrodor won under wolcnum. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation) to become troubled, gloomy, sad 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project. Siteþ sorgcearig, on sefan sweorceþ, sylfum þinceþ, ðæt sý endeleás earfoða dǽl. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation) Hé modsorge wæg, hreþer innan swearc. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation) On hú grundleásum seáðe swiaceþ ðæt sweorcende mód. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation) to become heavy with grief, troublesome, saddening 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project. Ne hine wiht dereþ, adl ne yldo, ne him inwitsorh on sefan sweorceþ. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== āsweorcan forsweorcan ġesweorcan tōsweorcan ==== Related terms ==== sweorcian