Old English

Verb

swindan

1. to waste away, languish, grow languid, be consumed
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
     1. Se synfulla swindeþ.
     2. Sawel heora on yfelum swand.
     3. Swindan ðú dydesð sáwle his.
     4. On ðam frumwylme heora gecyrrednesse hȳ Hīsylfe fulfremede taliaþ, ac hȳ swīþe recene awlaciaþ and swindende ācōliaþ.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• āswindan

References

• Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
• German Lexicon Project