swelten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *sweltan, from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.

Verb

swelten

  1. to succumb, to collapse
  2. to be exhausted
  3. to waste away

Inflection
Strong class 3
Infinitive swelten
3rd sg. past swalt
3rd pl. past swolten
Past participle geswolten
Infinitive swelten
In genitive sweltens
In dative sweltene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular swelte swalt
2nd singular swelts, sweltes swolts, swoltes
3rd singular swelt, sweltet swalt
1st plural swelten swolten
2nd plural swelt, sweltet swolt, swoltet
3rd plural swelten swolten
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular swelte swolte
2nd singular swelts, sweltes swoltes
3rd singular swelte swolte
1st plural swelten swolten
2nd plural swelt, sweltet swoltet
3rd plural swelten swolten
Imperative Present
Singular swelt, swelte
Plural swelt, sweltet
Present Past
Participle sweltende geswolten

Descendants
  • Dutch: zwelten

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English sweltan, from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈswɛltən/

Verb

swelten

  1. To die; to pass away.
  2. To kill; to put to death.
  3. To faint or swoon.
  4. To swelter; to faint from heat.

Conjugation
Conjugation of swelten (strong class 3 or weak in -te/-ed)
infinitive (to) swelten, swelte
present tense past tense
1st-person singular swelte swalt, swelte, swelted
2nd-person singular sweltest swolte, swalt, sweltest, sweltedest
3rd-person singular swelteth, swelt swalt, swelte, swelted
subjunctive singular swelte swolte1, swelte1, swelted1
imperative singular —
plural2 swelten, swelte swolten, swolte, swelten, swelte, swelteden, sweltede
imperative plural swelteth, swelte —
participles sweltynge, sweltende swolten, swolte, swelt, swelted

1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

References
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