swelt

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English swelten, from Old English sweltan, from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną. Cognate to Dutch zwelten (to die).

Verb

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swelt (third-person singular simple present swelts, present participle swelting, simple past and past participle swelted or swelt) (obsolete outside dialects)

  1. To die.
  2. To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter

Etymology 2

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Verb

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swelt

  1. (obsolete) simple past of swell

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