Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to swidden
Participle: swiddened
Gerund: swiddening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | swidden |
| you | swidden |
| he;she;it | swiddens |
| we | swidden |
| you | swidden |
| they | swidden |
Perfect
| I | have swiddened |
| you | have swiddened |
| he;she;it | has swiddened |
| we | have swiddened |
| you | have swiddened |
| they | have swiddened |
Past
| I | swiddened |
| you | swiddened |
| he;she;it | swiddened |
| we | swiddened |
| you | swiddened |
| they | swiddened |
Pluperfect
| I | had swiddened |
| you | had swiddened |
| he;she;it | had swiddened |
| we | had swiddened |
| you | had swiddened |
| they | had swiddened |
Future
| I | will swidden |
| you | will swidden |
| he;she;it | will swidden |
| we | will swidden |
| you | will swidden |
| they | will swidden |
Future Perfect
| I | will have swiddened |
| you | will have swiddened |
| he;she;it | will have swiddened |
| we | will have swiddened |
| you | will have swiddened |
| they | will have swiddened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | swidden |
| you | swidden |
| he;she;it | swidden |
| we | swidden |
| you | swidden |
| they | swidden |
Perfect
| I | have swiddened |
| you | have swiddened |
| he;she;it | have swiddened |
| we | have swiddened |
| you | have swiddened |
| they | have swiddened |
Imperfect
| I | swiddened |
| you | swiddened |
| he;she;it | swiddened |
| we | swiddened |
| you | swiddened |
| they | swiddened |
Pluperfect
| I | had swiddened |
| you | had swiddened |
| he;she;it | had swiddened |
| we | had swiddened |
| you | had swiddened |
| they | had swiddened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would swidden |
| you | would swidden |
| he;she;it | would swidden |
| we | would swidden |
| you | would swidden |
| they | would swidden |
Perfect
| I | would have swiddened |
| you | would have swiddened |
| he;she;it | would have swiddened |
| we | would have swiddened |
| you | would have swiddened |
| they | would have swiddened |
Imperative
| you | swidden |
| we | Let's swidden |
| you | swidden |
Verbs conjugated like 'swidden'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'swidden'
sadden,
slidder,
sodden,
widen,
wilden,
badden,
blinden,
didder,
enwiden,
gilden,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Possibly from a dialectal form *swiden of Middle English swithen, past participle of Middle English swithen (“to burn, scorch, singe”), from Old Norse svíða (“to singe, burn”). Compare also Old Norse sviðinn (“burnt, singed”, past participle). Alternatively, from Old Norse sviðna (“to be burned”) or Old High German swedan (“to be burned”). Either way, probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swīþaną. First attested in 1868. If their respective theories align, then a distant cognate of German Schwyz, hence Swiss. See: Middle English '
swithen', Middle English '
swithen', Old High German 'swedan', Proto-Germanic '
*swīþaną'.
Sample Sentences
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The reason, Scott says, is that swiddening provides a freedom that fixed agriculture does not. [2009 February 13, Drake Bennett, quoting James Scott, “The mystery of Zomia”, in The Boston Globe, Boston:]