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forswelt

forswelt verb: to die.

Verb

forswelt (third-person singular simple present forswelts, present participle forswelting, simple past and past participle forswelted)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To die.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to die; kill; slay.

Forms of forswelt

third-person singular presentforswelts
present participleforswelting
past participleforswelted
pastforswelted

Origin of forswelt

From Middle English forswelten, from Old English forsweltan (“to die, disappear”), equivalent to for- + swelt.

Questions about forswelt

What does forswelt mean?
Forswelt means to die.
What part of speech is forswelt?
Forswelt is a verb.
What is the past tense of forswelt?
The past tense of forswelt is forswelted.

Words near forswelt in the dictionary

  1. forswearest
  2. forsweareth
  3. forswearing
  4. forswearings
  5. forswears
  6. forswelt
  7. forswelting
  8. forswing
  9. forswink
  10. forswinking
  11. forswinks

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