swelt

Pronunciation: /swɛlt/

The English word “swelt” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

To die.
To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter

Etymology

From Middle English swelten, from Old English sweltan, from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną. Cognate to Dutch zwelten (“to die”).

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