swebban

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swabbjan, from Proto-Germanic *swabjaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsweb.bɑn/

Verb

swebban

to send to sleep, lull

Conjugation

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Descendants

Middle English: swebben
- English: sweb

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “swebban”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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