svimma

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• symja (Old Norwegian)
• svima

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swimmaną.

Verb

svimma (singular past indicative svamm, plural past indicative summu, past participle summinn)

1. (intransitive) to swim

Conjugation

Conjugation of svimma — active (strong class 3)

infinitive	svimma
present participle	svimmandi
past participle	summinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	svimm	svamm
2nd-person singular	svimmr	svammt
3rd-person singular	svimmr	svamm
1st-person plural	svimmum	summum
2nd-person plural	svimmið	summuð
3rd-person plural	svimma	summu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	svimma	symma
2nd-person singular	svimmir	symmir
3rd-person singular	svimmi	symmi
1st-person plural	svimmim	symmim
2nd-person plural	svimmið	symmið
3rd-person plural	svimmi	symmi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	svimm
1st-person plural	svimmum
2nd-person plural	svimmið

Conjugation of svimma — mediopassive (strong class 3)

infinitive	svimmask
present participle	svimmandisk
past participle	summizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	svimmumk	summumk
2nd-person singular	svimmsk	svammzk
3rd-person singular	svimmsk	svammsk
1st-person plural	svimmumsk	summumsk
2nd-person plural	svimmizk	summuzk
3rd-person plural	svimmask	summusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	svimmumk	symmumk
2nd-person singular	svimmisk	symmisk
3rd-person singular	svimmisk	symmisk
1st-person plural	svimmimsk	symmimsk
2nd-person plural	svimmizk	symmizk
3rd-person plural	svimmisk	symmisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	svimmsk
1st-person plural	svimmumsk
2nd-person plural	svimmizk

Descendants

• Faroese: svimja
• Icelandic: svimma, svima, symja
• Norn: suma
• Norwegian Nynorsk: symja, svemja
• Jamtish: symi
• Elfdalian: simma
• Old Swedish: symma
  • Swedish: simma
• Scanian: sømma
• Old Danish: swimmæ
  • Danish: svømme, svemme
    • Norwegian Bokmål: svømme
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: svømma
• Gutnish: sime

References

• “svimma”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German swimen, cf. Danish besvime, Norwegian Bokmål besvime, Norwegian Nynorsk svime, English sweem, Dutch zwijm, from Proto-Germanic *swindaną. Likely unrelated to English swoon.

Verb

svimma (present svimmar, preterite svimmade, supine svimmat, imperative svimma)

1. to faint; to lose consciousness

Conjugation

Conjugation of svimma (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	svimma		—
Supine	svimmat		—
Imperative	svimma		—
Imper. plural1	svimmen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	svimmar	svimmade	—	—
Ind. plural1	svimma	svimmade	—	—
Subjunctive2	svimme	svimmade	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	svimmande
Past participle	svimmad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• avsvimma

Further reading

• svimma in Svensk ordbok.