English Explanatory Dictionary

swelt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To die.
  2. To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter
verb
  1. simple past of swell

Pronunciation

/swɛlt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swelt.wav

Word forms

swelt swelts swelting swelted

Etymology

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

Derived words

forswelt
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