swelten
Appearance
Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch *sweltan, from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.
Verb
[edit]swelten
- to succumb, to collapse
- to be exhausted
- to waste away
Inflection
[edit]Strong class 3 | ||
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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
[edit]- Dutch: zwelten
Further reading
[edit]- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “swelten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English sweltan, from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]swelten
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of swelten (strong class 3 or weak in -te/-ed)
infinitive | (to) swelten, swelte | ||
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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.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “swelten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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