"geswelge" meaning in Old English

See geswelge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /jeˈswel.je/, [jeˈsweɫ.je]
Etymology: From ġe- + swelġe, from Proto-West Germanic *swalgī, from Proto-Germanic *swalgiz (“open gape, gullet, throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to wash, wash down, gulp, swallow”). Cognate with Middle Low German swalch, swelch (“whirlpool”), Middle Dutch swelch, zwelge, zwelgh (“chasm, gape, gullet, throat”), Old Norse svelgr (“whirlpool, eddy, current, stream”). Etymology templates: {{af|ang|ġe-|swelġe}} ġe- + swelġe, {{der|ang|gmw-pro|*swalgī}} Proto-West Germanic *swalgī, {{der|ang|gem-pro|*swalgiz|t=open gape, gullet, throat}} Proto-Germanic *swalgiz (“open gape, gullet, throat”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*swel-|t=to wash, wash down, gulp, swallow}} Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to wash, wash down, gulp, swallow”), {{cog|gml|swalch}} Middle Low German swalch, {{cog|dum|swelch}} Middle Dutch swelch, {{cog|non|svelgr|t=whirlpool, eddy, current, stream}} Old Norse svelgr (“whirlpool, eddy, current, stream”) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=ġeswelġe|head2=|sort=}} ġeswelġe n, {{ang-noun|n|head=ġeswelġe}} ġeswelġe n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-ja-n|ġeswelġ}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ġeswelġe|ġeswelġu|ġeswelġe|ġeswelġu|ġeswelġes|ġeswelġa|ġeswelġe|ġeswelġum|num=|title=|type=strong ja-stem}} Forms: ġeswelġe [canonical, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], ġeswelġe [nominative, singular], ġeswelġu [nominative, plural], ġeswelġe [accusative, singular], ġeswelġu [accusative, plural], ġeswelġes [genitive, singular], ġeswelġa [genitive, plural], ġeswelġe [dative, singular], ġeswelġum [dative, plural], ġeswelg [alternative]
  1. gulf, chasm
    Sense id: en-geswelge-ang-noun-8hGR~Es~ Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 35 24 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 28 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 27 40
  2. abyss, pit
    Sense id: en-geswelge-ang-noun-evdGSPS~ Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 35 24 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 28 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 27 40
  3. whirlpool
    Sense id: en-geswelge-ang-noun-8gFVuz2L Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms prefixed with ge-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 35 24 41 Disambiguation of Old English terms prefixed with ge-: 32 23 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 28 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 27 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: forswelgan, ġeswelgan, swelgan, swelgend, swelh, swiliġe, swolgettan
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          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: swelȝe, swelgh, swelwe, swolwe, swelth",
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      ],
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      "form": "ġeswelġu",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
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    },
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      "form": "ġeswelg",
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      "name": "head"
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        "title": "",
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      "word": "forswelgan"
    },
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      "word": "ġeswelgan"
    },
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      "word": "swelgan"
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      "word": "swelgend"
    },
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      "word": "swelh"
    },
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      "word": "swiliġe"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "33 27 40",
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      ],
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          "gulf",
          "gulf"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-geswelge-ang-noun-evdGSPS~",
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          "abyss",
          "abyss"
        ],
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        ]
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          "kind": "other",
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      ],
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        "whirlpool"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "whirlpool",
          "whirlpool"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jeˈswel.je/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jeˈsweɫ.je]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "geswelge"
}
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "forswelgan"
    },
    {
      "word": "ġeswelgan"
    },
    {
      "word": "swelgan"
    },
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      "word": "swelgend"
    },
    {
      "word": "swelh"
    },
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      "word": "swiliġe"
    },
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      "word": "swolgettan"
    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "gulf, chasm"
      ],
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        [
          "gulf",
          "gulf"
        ],
        [
          "chasm",
          "chasm"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "abyss, pit"
      ],
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        [
          "abyss",
          "abyss"
        ],
        [
          "pit",
          "pit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "whirlpool"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whirlpool",
          "whirlpool"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jeˈswel.je/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jeˈsweɫ.je]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "geswelge"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (32c88e6 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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