"sweltan" meaning in Old English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈswel.tɑn/, [ˈsweɫ.tɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną. Cognate with Old Saxon sweltan, Old Dutch *sweltan, Old High German swelzan, Old Norse svelta, Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽 (swiltan). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*sweltan}} Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*sweltaną}} Proto-Germanic *sweltaną, {{cog|osx|sweltan}} Old Saxon sweltan, {{cog|odt|*sweltan}} Old Dutch *sweltan, {{cog|goh|swelzan}} Old High German swelzan, {{cog|non|svelta}} Old Norse svelta, {{cog|got|𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽 (swiltan) Head templates: {{ang-verb}} sweltan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|sweltan<s3>}} Forms: strong [table-tags], sweltan [infinitive], sweltenne [infinitive], swelte [first-person, present, singular], swealt [first-person, past, singular], swilst [present, second-person, singular], swiltst [present, second-person, singular], swulte [past, second-person, singular], swilt [present, singular, third-person], swealt [past, singular, third-person], sweltaþ [plural, present], swulton [past, plural], swelte [present, singular], swulte [past, singular], swelten [plural, present], swulten [past, plural], swelt [imperative, past, present, singular], sweltaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], sweltende [imperative, present], swolten [imperative, past], ġeswolten [imperative, past]
  1. to die Derived forms: ġesweltan
    Sense id: en-sweltan-ang-verb-L2Mli9fq Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Synonyms: sweltan, swealtan, swiltan, āsteorfan, āsweltan, cwelan, dēadian, forsweltan, forþfaran, forþfēran, ġefaran, steorfan

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "swelten"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: swelten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: swelten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "swelt"
          },
          "expansion": "English: swelt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: swelt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "swelt"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: swelt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: swelt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "swelten"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: swelten, swelte; squelt, suelt; sweltan\nEnglish: swelt\nScots: swelt, swalt",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: swelten, swelte; squelt, suelt; sweltan\nEnglish: swelt\nScots: swelt, swalt"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*sweltan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *sweltan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sweltaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sweltaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "sweltan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon sweltan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "*sweltan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *sweltan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "swelzan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German swelzan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "svelta"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse svelta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽 (swiltan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną. Cognate with Old Saxon sweltan, Old Dutch *sweltan, Old High German swelzan, Old Norse svelta, Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽 (swiltan).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweltan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweltenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swelte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swealt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swilst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swiltst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swulte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swilt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swealt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweltaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swulton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swelte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swulte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swelten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swulten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweltaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweltende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swolten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeswolten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sweltan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sweltan<s3>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ġesweltan"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Farewell! All men must die.",
          "text": "Far þū wel! Ealle menn sċulon sweltan.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to die"
      ],
      "id": "en-sweltan-ang-verb-L2Mli9fq",
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sweltan"
        },
        {
          "word": "swealtan"
        },
        {
          "word": "swiltan"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
          "word": "āsteorfan"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
          "word": "āsweltan"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
          "word": "cwelan"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
          "word": "dēadian"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
          "word": "forsweltan"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
          "word": "forþfaran"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
          "word": "forþfēran"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
          "word": "ġefaran"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
          "word": "steorfan"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈswel.tɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsweɫ.tɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sweltan"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ġesweltan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "swelten"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: swelten",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: swelten"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "swelt"
          },
          "expansion": "English: swelt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: swelt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "swelt"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: swelt",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: swelt"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "swelten"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: swelten, swelte; squelt, suelt; sweltan\nEnglish: swelt\nScots: swelt, swalt",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: swelten, swelte; squelt, suelt; sweltan\nEnglish: swelt\nScots: swelt, swalt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*sweltan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *sweltan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*sweltaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sweltaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "sweltan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon sweltan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "*sweltan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *sweltan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "swelzan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German swelzan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "svelta"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse svelta",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽 (swiltan)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną. Cognate with Old Saxon sweltan, Old Dutch *sweltan, Old High German swelzan, Old Norse svelta, Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽 (swiltan).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweltan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweltenne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swelte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swealt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swilst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swiltst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swulte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swilt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swealt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweltaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swulton",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swelte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swulte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swelten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swulten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweltaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sweltende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swolten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeswolten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sweltan",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sweltan<s3>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English class 3 strong verbs",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with usage examples",
        "Old English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Farewell! All men must die.",
          "text": "Far þū wel! Ealle menn sċulon sweltan.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to die"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈswel.tɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsweɫ.tɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sweltan"
    },
    {
      "word": "swealtan"
    },
    {
      "word": "swiltan"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
      "word": "āsteorfan"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
      "word": "āsweltan"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
      "word": "cwelan"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
      "word": "dēadian"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
      "word": "forsweltan"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
      "word": "forþfaran"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
      "word": "forþfēran"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
      "word": "ġefaran"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:sweltan",
      "word": "steorfan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sweltan"
}

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