Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swelt

/swɛlt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: swelt
IPA: /swɛlt/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To die.

Obsolete

verb

To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter

Obsolete

verb

simple past of swell

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Immediatly in smoldering heate of Love the t'one did swelt,"
"Thine Israel, o God, had never endured so hard a bondage under Pharaoh, as to be over-swelted in the Egyptian furnaces"
"Her deare hart nigh swelt, And eft gan into tender teares to melt."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: swelten, sweltan, *sweltan, *sweltaną

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

swelts (present, singular) swelting (participle, present) swelted (participle, past) swelted (past)

Derived Forms

forswelt

Rhymes With

felt belt dealt melt clarke belt spelt bagel belt smelt pelt full pelt welt knelt

Questions

How do you pronounce swelt?: The recorded pronunciation is /swɛlt/.
What does swelt mean?: To die.
Where does swelt come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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