swelan

Old English

Alternative forms

  • sƿelan wynn spelling

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *swelan, from Proto-Germanic *swelaną, from Proto-Indo-European *swel-.

Verb

swelan

  1. to burn, perish with heat

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: swelen

References

  • swelan in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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