dwam

dwalm

dwaum

a stupor or daydream (esp in the phrase in a dwam)

(intr) to faint or fall ill

[Old English dwolma confusion]

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dwam

Past participle: dwammed
Gerund: dwamming

Imperative
dwam
dwam

Present
I dwam
you dwam
he/she/it dwams
we dwam
you dwam
they dwam

Preterite
I dwammed
you dwammed
he/she/it dwammed
we dwammed
you dwammed
they dwammed

Present Continuous
I am dwamming
you are dwamming
he/she/it is dwamming
we are dwamming
you are dwamming
they are dwamming

Present Perfect
I have dwammed
you have dwammed
he/she/it has dwammed
we have dwammed
you have dwammed
they have dwammed

Past Continuous
I was dwamming
you were dwamming
he/she/it was dwamming
we were dwamming
you were dwamming
they were dwamming

Past Perfect
I had dwammed
you had dwammed
he/she/it had dwammed
we had dwammed
you had dwammed
they had dwammed

Future
I will dwam
you will dwam
he/she/it will dwam
we will dwam
you will dwam
they will dwam

Future Perfect
I will have dwammed
you will have dwammed
he/she/it will have dwammed
we will have dwammed
you will have dwammed
they will have dwammed

Future Continuous
I will be dwamming
you will be dwamming
he/she/it will be dwamming
we will be dwamming
you will be dwamming
they will be dwamming

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dwamming
you have been dwamming
he/she/it has been dwamming
we have been dwamming
you have been dwamming
they have been dwamming

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dwamming
you will have been dwamming
he/she/it will have been dwamming
we will have been dwamming
you will have been dwamming
they will have been dwamming

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dwamming
you had been dwamming
he/she/it had been dwamming
we had been dwamming
you had been dwamming
they had been dwamming

Conditional
I would dwam
you would dwam
he/she/it would dwam
we would dwam
you would dwam
they would dwam

Past Conditional
I would have dwammed
you would have dwammed
he/she/it would have dwammed
we would have dwammed
you would have dwammed
they would have dwammed

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