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Old English · noun

geswelge

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong ja-stem
IPA
/jeˈswel.je/
[jeˈsweɫ.je]
Syllables
je · ˈswel · je (3 syllables)

Meaning

  1. gulf, chasm

  2. abyss, pit

  3. whirlpool

Etymology

From ġe- + swelġe, from Proto-West Germanic *swalgī, from Proto-Germanic *swalgiz (“open gape, gullet, throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to wash, wash down, gulp, swallow”). Cognate with Middle Low German swalch, swelch (“whirlpool”), Middle Dutch swelch, zwelge, zwelgh (“chasm, gape, gullet, throat”), Old Norse svelgr (“whirlpool, eddy, current, stream”).

Descendants

swallow

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