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forswelt

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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

Meaning

verb

To die.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

verb

To cause to die; kill; slay.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English forswelten, from Old English forsweltan (“to die, disappear”), equivalent to for- + swelt.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

forswelts (present, singular) forswelting (participle, present) forswelted (participle, past) forswelted (past)

Questions

What does forswelt mean?
To die.
Where does forswelt come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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