swirman
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *swarmijaną (“to swarm”). Equivalent to swearm + -an.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswir.mɑn/, [ˈswirˠ.mɑn]
Verb
swirman
- to swarm (of bees)
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “swirman”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.