geswelge

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġeswelg

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈswel.je/, [jeˈsweɫ.je]

Noun

ġeswelġe n

1. gulf, chasm
2. abyss, pit
3. whirlpool

Inflection

Declension of geswelge (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġeswelġe	ġeswelġu
accusative	ġeswelġe	ġeswelġu
genitive	ġeswelġes	ġeswelġa
dative	ġeswelġe	ġeswelġum

Related terms

• forswelgan
• ġeswelgan
• swelgan
• swelgend
• swelh
• swiliġe
• swolgettan

Descendants

• Middle English: swelȝe, swelgh, swelwe, swolwe, swelth (merged with descendants of Old English swelh)
  • English: swallow
  • Scots: swelch, swelth, swellie, swallie