swerven
Middle English
/ˈswɛrvən/, /ˈswarvən/
verb
Definitions
- To leave (from one's view); to rotate away from.
- To move or go unsteadily, unpredictably or erratically.
- To bounce off; to avoid hitting someone
- To repudiate or renounce; to end association with.
- (rare) To stop being present or affecting one.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sweorfan (scour, file, rub, polish, turn aside, wipe) inherited from Proto-Germanic *swerbaną (rub off, wipe, mop).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swerbaną
Gloss
rub off, wipe, mop
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- swerve English
- swerveless English
- swerver English
- swervest English
- swerveth English
- zwerven Dutch, Flemish
- *swerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *swarbą Proto-Germanic
- *swerbaną Proto-Germanic
- sweorfan Old English
- sverfa Old Norse
- swerven Middle Dutch
- 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *swervan Old Dutch
- swervan Old Saxon