swel

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Afrikaans[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Verb[edit]

swel (present swel, present participle swellende, past participle geswel)

  1. to swell

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

swel

  1. Alternative form of swelle

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

swel c (plural swellen, diminutive sweltsje)

  1. swallow

Alternative forms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • swel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011