† sweyntadj.

Forms: late Middle English sweynte, late Middle English swynt.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: swench v.

Etymology: Probably < a (syncopated) past participle form of swench v. (compare forms at that entry), although that verb is not attested after early Middle English (however, swench n. remained current until the 15th cent.).Compare Old English geswenced , geswenct (adjective) troubled, afflicted, (prefixed) past participle of swench v. (compare y- prefix), also in adjectival use and in contexts implying exhaustion:OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) vi. 58 Ða gewat his sawul of ðam geswenctan lichaman, to ecere reste.OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) i. iv. 38 Þa þe æfterfylgendan dæge sona on dægred com ærendraca to Iuliane mid epistolan & mid swiðe geswenctan horse for ærninge [L. uehementer equo in cursu fatigato].

Obsolete.

Tired, lazy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective]

unlustyc1225

sleepyc1384

phlegmatica1400

listlessc1440

owlist1440

unlisty1440

phlegmyc1450

sweyntc1450

supine1554

resty1565

unactive1591

sleepy-headed1600

log-like1602

inertious1611

stupefied?1611

lethargic1612

sedentary1625

torpent1647

torpid1656

torpulent1657

softly1664

inert1774

vegetative1789

spiritless1798

unenergetic1805

sloomy1820

slow-going1825

inenergetic1826

comatose1828

moony1847

mooning1864

torpid-minded1909

narcoleptic1965

vegged1986

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > languid

aswindc885

fade1303

enlangouredc1400

sweyntc1450

wearish1650

languid1727

languorous1753

Mondayish1804

c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1783 Ye be lyke the swynt [c1475 Bodl. 638 sweynte, 1532 Thynne slepy] catte That wolde haue fissh but wostow whatte He wold no thinge wete his clowes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	sweynt
释义	† sweyntadj. Forms: late Middle English sweynte, late Middle English swynt. Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: swench v. Etymology: Probably < a (syncopated) past participle form of swench v. (compare forms at that entry), although that verb is not attested after early Middle English (however, swench n. remained current until the 15th cent.).Compare Old English geswenced , geswenct (adjective) troubled, afflicted, (prefixed) past participle of swench v. (compare y- prefix), also in adjectival use and in contexts implying exhaustion:OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) vi. 58 Ða gewat his sawul of ðam geswenctan lichaman, to ecere reste.OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) i. iv. 38 Þa þe æfterfylgendan dæge sona on dægred com ærendraca to Iuliane mid epistolan & mid swiðe geswenctan horse for ærninge [L. uehementer equo in cursu fatigato]. Obsolete. Tired, lazy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] unlustyc1225 sleepyc1384 phlegmatica1400 listlessc1440 owlist1440 unlisty1440 phlegmyc1450 sweyntc1450 supine1554 resty1565 unactive1591 sleepy-headed1600 log-like1602 inertious1611 stupefied?1611 lethargic1612 sedentary1625 torpent1647 torpid1656 torpulent1657 softly1664 inert1774 vegetative1789 spiritless1798 unenergetic1805 sloomy1820 slow-going1825 inenergetic1826 comatose1828 moony1847 mooning1864 torpid-minded1909 narcoleptic1965 vegged1986 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > languid aswindc885 fade1303 enlangouredc1400 sweyntc1450 wearish1650 languid1727 languorous1753 Mondayish1804 c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Fairf. 16) (1878) l. 1783 Ye be lyke the swynt [c1475 Bodl. 638 sweynte, 1532 Thynne slepy] catte That wolde haue fissh but wostow whatte He wold no thinge wete his clowes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1450
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