- sweltan
- to die
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sweltan — *sweltan germ., stark. Verb: nhd. sterben; ne. die (Verb); Rekontruktionsbasis: got., an., ae., as., ahd.; Vw.: s. *ga ; Etymologie: s. i … Germanisches Wörterbuch
to die — sweltan … English to the Old English
Swelt — 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},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Germanic 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… … Wikipedia
swelter — 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 … Etymology dictionary
swelter — 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… … New Collegiate Dictionary
swelter — /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… … Universalium
swelter — 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
die — 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… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
die — {{11}}die (n.) early 14c. (as a plural, late 14c. as a singular), from O.Fr. de die, dice, of uncertain origin. Common Romanic (Cf. Sp., Port., It. dado, Prov. dat, Catalan dau), perhaps from L. datum given, pp. of dare (see DATE (Cf. date) (1)) … Etymology dictionary
