geswelge

Old English

Alternative forms

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

Strong ja-stem:

singular plural
nominative ġeswelġe ġeswelġu
accusative ġeswelġe ġeswelġu
genitive ġeswelġes ġeswelġa
dative ġeswelġe ġeswelġum

Descendants

  • Middle English: swelȝe, swelgh, swelwe, swolwe, swelth (merged with descendants of Old English swelh)
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