geswelge
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Old English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ġeswelġe n
Inflection
[edit]Declension of ġeswelġe (strong ja-stem)
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- Old English terms prefixed with ge-
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- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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