SWELT

Etymology 1

Verb

swelt (third-person singular simple present , present participle , simple past swolt or swelted, past participle swolten or swelted)

(obsolete, outside, dialects) To die.

(obsolete, outside, dialects) To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter

Etymology 2

Verb

swelt

(obsolete) simple past tense of swell

Anagrams

• welts

Source: Wiktionary

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Swelt, obs.

Definition: imp. of Swell.

Swelt, v. i. Etym: [OE. swelten to die, to swoon or faint, AS. sweltan to die; akin to OD. swelten to hunger, to fail, OS. sweltan to die, Icel. svelta to die, to hunger, Sw. svälta to hunger, Dan. sulte, Goth. sviltan to die. Cf. Swelter, Sweltry.]

1. To die; to perish. [Obs.]

2. To faint; to swoon. [Obs.] Chaucer. Night she swelt for passing joy. Spenser.

Swelt, v. t.

Definition: To overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint; to swelter. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Bp. Hall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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