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swelt.

To die.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/swɛlt/
  1. To die.

    dialectal · obsolete
  2. To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter

    dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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

verb/swɛlt/
  1. simple past of swell

    dialectal · form-of · obsolete · past
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