Swelt

//swɛlt// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To die. dialectal, obsolete
  2. 2
    simple past of swell dialectal, form-of, obsolete, past
  3. 3
    To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter dialectal, obsolete

    "Immediatly in smoldering heate of Love the t'one did swelt,"

Synonyms

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swelter

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"Immediatly in smoldering heate of Love the t'one did swelt,"

Etymology

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

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