swelt
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Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English swelten, from Old English sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną. Cognate to Dutch zwelten (“to die”).
Verb[edit]
swelt (third-person singular simple present swelts, present participle swelting, simple past swelted or swolt, past participle swelted or swolten)
- (obsolete outside dialects) To die.
- (obsolete outside dialects) To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter
- 1567 Arthur Golding; Ovid's Metamorphoses Bk. 1; line 571:
- Immediatly in smoldering heate of Love the t'one did swelt,
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hall to this entry?)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
- 1567 Arthur Golding; Ovid's Metamorphoses Bk. 1; line 571:
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
swelt
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