swimman

From Proto-West Germanic *swimman, whence also Old Frisian swimma, Old Saxon swimman, Old Dutch *swimman, Old High German swimman, Old Norse svimma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈswim.mɑn/

swimman

1. to swim
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     þonne māga ġemynd · mōd ġeondhweorfeð,
     grēteð glīwstafum, · ġeorne ġeondsċēawað
     seċġa ġeseldan. · Swimmað oft on weġ.

     when mind goes through memory of kinsmen,
     greets with mirths, eagerly looks through
     comrades of men. They often swim away.

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Đā ġesēah hē swymman sċealfran on flōde, and ġelōme doppettan ādūne tō grunde, ēhtende ðēarle þǣre ēa fixa.

     Then he saw loons swim in the water, and often dive down toward the bottom, keenly chasing the fish of the river.

• Middle English: swymmen, suymmyne, sweme, swemmen, swimmen, swyme, swymme, squim (Northern)
  • English: swim
  • Scots: sweem, soom

From Proto-West Germanic *swimman.

swimman

1. to swim

• Low German: swimmen, swemmen