svelga

Italian

Verb

svelga

1. inflection of svellere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• svelgene (of noun)
• svelget (of verb)

Noun

svelga n

1. definite plural of svelg

Verb

svelga

1. inflection of svelge:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

svelga n

1. definite plural of svelg

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• svelgja

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swelganą, whence also Old English swelgan, Old High German swelhan.

Verb

svelga (singular past indicative svalg, plural past indicative sulgum, past participle sólginn)

1. to swallow

Conjugation

Conjugation of svelga — active (strong class 3)

infinitive	svelga
present participle	svelgandi
past participle	solginn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	svelg	svalg
2nd-person singular	svelgr	svalgt
3rd-person singular	svelgr	svalg
1st-person plural	svelgum	sulgum
2nd-person plural	svelgið	sulguð
3rd-person plural	svelga	sulgu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	svelga	sylga
2nd-person singular	svelgir	sylgir
3rd-person singular	svelgi	sylgi
1st-person plural	svelgim	sylgim
2nd-person plural	svelgið	sylgið
3rd-person plural	svelgi	sylgi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	svelg
1st-person plural	svelgum
2nd-person plural	svelgið

Conjugation of svelga — mediopassive (strong class 3)

infinitive	svelgask
present participle	svelgandisk
past participle	solgizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	svelgumk	sulgumk
2nd-person singular	svelgsk	svalgzk
3rd-person singular	svelgsk	svalgsk
1st-person plural	svelgumsk	sulgumsk
2nd-person plural	svelgizk	sulguzk
3rd-person plural	svelgask	sulgusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	svelgumk	sylgumk
2nd-person singular	svelgisk	sylgisk
3rd-person singular	svelgisk	sylgisk
1st-person plural	svelgimsk	sylgimsk
2nd-person plural	svelgizk	sylgizk
3rd-person plural	svelgisk	sylgisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	svelgsk
1st-person plural	svelgumsk
2nd-person plural	svelgizk

Descendants

Note that many of these forms are descended from svelgja.

• Icelandic: svelga, svelgja
• Faroese: svølgja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: svelgja; (dialectal) svølgje, svægje, svæl, svøl
• Elfdalian: swega
• Old Swedish: svælghia, svælgha, svælia
  • Swedish: svälja
• Old Danish: swælghæ, swæliæ, swælwæ
  • Danish: svælge, svælle
    • Norwegian Bokmål: svelge
  • Scanian: svælla
• Gutnish: svälge, svölge

References

• “svelga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press