*sweltaną

Runic: ᛊᚹᛖᛚᛏᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈswel.tɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 3

Meanings

to die; succumb

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swel- (‘to smolder; burn; scorch’). Cognate with Old Armenian քաղց (kʻałcʻ).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singularsweltōsweltaų–
2nd singularswiltizisweltaizswelt
3rd singularswiltidisweltaisweltadau
1st dualsweltōzsweltaiw–
2nd dualsweltadizsweltaidizsweltadiz
1st pluralsweltamazsweltaim–
2nd pluralswiltidsweltaidswiltid
3rd pluralsweltandisweltainsweltandau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularsweltai–
2nd singularsweltazaisweltaizau
3rd singularsweltadaisweltaidau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluralsweltandaisweltaindau
2nd pluralsweltandaisweltaindau
3rd pluralsweltandaisweltaindau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singularswaltswultį̄
2nd singularswalstswultīz
3rd singularswaltswultī
1st dualswultūswultīw
2nd dualswultudizswultīdiz
1st pluralswultumswultīm
2nd pluralswultudswultīd
3rd pluralswultunswultīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
sweltaną sweltandz swultanaz

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Descendants

  • *sweltan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sweltan (Old Saxon)
  • *sweltan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *sweltan (Old Dutch)
      • swelten (Middle Dutch)
        • zwelten (Dutch)
  • *sweltan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *sweltan (Old Dutch)
      • swelten (Middle Dutch)
        • zwelten (West Flemish)
          • zwelte (West Flemish)
  • *sweltan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sweltan, swealtan, swiltan, swyltan (Old English)
      • swelten, swelte, squelt, suelt, sweltan (Middle English)
        • swelt (English)
        • swelt, swalt (Scots)
  • *sweltan (Proto-West Germanic)
    • swelzan (Old High German)
      • swëlzen (Middle High German)
  • svelta (Old Norse)
    • svelte, sulte, sulten, sult (Danish)
    • svølta (Faroese)
    • svelta (Icelandic)
  • svelta (Old Norse)
    • svælta (Old Swedish)
      • svälta (Swedish)
  • 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌰𐌽 (swiltan) (Gothic)
  • schwalth (Crimean Gothic)

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