"swelt" meaning in English

See swelt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /swɛlt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swelt.wav Forms: swelts [present, singular, third-person], swelting [participle, present], swelted [participle, past], swelted [past], swelt [participle, past], swelt [past]
Rhymes: -ɛlt Etymology: From Middle English swelten, from Old English sweltan, from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną. Cognate to Dutch zwelten (“to die”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|swelten}} Middle English swelten, {{inh|en|ang|sweltan}} Old English sweltan, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*sweltan}} Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sweltaną}} Proto-Germanic *sweltaną, {{cog|nl|zwelten||to die}} Dutch zwelten (“to die”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=swelt|past_ptc2=swelt}} swelt (third-person singular simple present swelts, present participle swelting, simple past and past participle swelted or swelt)
  1. To die. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-swelt-en-verb-jx6TKsZL
  2. To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter Tags: dialectal, obsolete Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-swelt-en-verb-bi2xyRMh Disambiguation of Death: 0 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 44 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 60 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 72 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /swɛlt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swelt.wav
Rhymes: -ɛlt Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} swelt
  1. (obsolete) simple past of swell Tags: form-of, obsolete, past Form of: swell
    Sense id: en-swelt-en-verb-bdzqw~W2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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