geswelge
Old English
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editFrom 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”).
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editġeswelġe n
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editDeclension of ġeswelġe (strong ja-stem)
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