geswican

geswican

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġesƿīcan

Etymology

From ġe- +‎ swīcan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈswiːkɑn/

Verb

ġeswīcan

1. to stop, quit
   • c. 900, the Old English Orosius

     Þā hīe lange fuhton, þā clipode Lacedaemōnia ealdormann tō Arcadium and bǣdon þæt hīe þæs ġefeohtes ġeswicon þæt hīe mōston þā dēadan bebyrġan þe heora folces ofslagen wǣron.

     When they had been fighting for a long time, the leader of the Laconians called out to the Arcadians and asked them to stop the fighting so they could bury the dead of their nation who had been killed.

   ġeswīcan tō bēonne

   to cease to exist

   Iċ ġeswāc tō drinċenne.

   I stopped drinking.

   Þā se reġn ġeswāc, þā ēodon þā ċildru ūt.

   When the rain stopped, the children went outside.

   Se swēġ ġeswāc swā fǣrlīċe swā hē ongann.

   The noise ceased as suddenly as it had started.

2. to fail

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġeswīcan

infinitive	ġeswīcan	tō ġeswīcenne
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	ġeswīce	ġeswāc
2nd-person singular	ġeswīcst	ġeswice
3rd-person singular	ġeswīcþ	ġeswāc
plural	ġeswīcaþ	ġeswicon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	ġeswīce	ġeswice
plural	ġeswīcen	ġeswicen
imperative
singular	ġeswīc
plural	ġeswīcaþ
participle	present	past
	ġeswīcende	ġeswicen