swymmen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === suymmyne, sweme, swemmen, swimmen, swyme, swymme squim (Northern) === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /ˈswimən/ === Verb === swymmen (third-person singular simple present swymmen, present participle swymmynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative swam, past participle swummen) To swim (move in water) To float (be buoyed above the water) To be on a moving object floating on water. To move like or in liquid. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: swim Scots: sweem, soom ==== References ==== “swimmen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.