sweltan
1sweltan — *sweltan germ., stark. Verb: nhd. sterben; ne. die (Verb); Rekontruktionsbasis: got., an., ae., as., ahd.; Vw.: s. *ga ; Etymologie: s. i …
2sweltan — to die …
3to die — sweltan …
4Swelt — Swelt, v. i. [OE. swelten to die, to swoon or faint, AS. sweltan to die; akin to OD. swelten to hunger, to fail, OS. sweltan to die, Icel. svelta to die, to hunger, Sw. sv[ a]lta to hunger, Dan. sulte, Goth. sviltan to die. Cf. {Swelter},… …
5Germanic strong verb — In the Germanic languages, a strong verb is one which marks its past tense by means of ablaut. In English, these are verbs like sing, sang, sung. The term strong verb is a translation of German starkes Verb , which was coined by the linguist… …
6swelter — c.1400, frequentative of swelten be faint (especially with heat), late 14c., from O.E. sweltan to die, from P.Gmc. *swel (Cf. O.S. sweltan to die, O.N. svelta to put to death, starve, Goth. sviltan to die ), originally to burn slowly, hence to be …
7swelter — I. verb (sweltered; sweltering) Etymology: Middle English sweltren, frequentative of swelten to die, be overcome by heat, from Old English sweltan to die; akin to Gothic swiltan to die Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to suffer, sweat, or… …
8swelter — /swel teuhr/, v.i. 1. to suffer from oppressive heat. v.t. 2. to oppress with heat. 3. Archaic. to exude, as venom. n. 4. a sweltering condition. [1375 1425; late ME swelt(e)ren (v.), equiv. to swelt(en) to be overcome with heat (OE sweltan to… …
9swelter — swel|ter [ˈsweltə US ər] v [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: swelt [i] to die, become unconscious because of heat (11 20 centuries), from Old English sweltan to die ] to feel extremely hot and uncomfortable ▪ Crowds of shoppers sweltered in the summer… …
10die — English has two distinct words die. The noun, ‘cube marked with numbers’, is now more familiar in its plural form (see DICE). The verb, ‘stop living’ [12], was probably borrowed from Old Norse deyja ‘die’. This, like English dead and death, goes… …
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