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forsweal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
for-sweal
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To burn up.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English forswelen, forswælen, from Old English forswǣlan (“to burn, burn up, inflame, consume”), equivalent to for- + sweal.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

forsweals (present, singular) forswealing (participle, present) forswealed (participle, past) forswealed (past)

Synonyms

burn away forburn torch burn burn down burn up burn to a crisp char up cinder combure combust cremate

Questions

What does forsweal mean?
To burn up.
Where does forsweal come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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