svälla

See also: svalla and svælla

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish svælla, from Old Norse svella, from Proto-Germanic *swellaną. Compare Icelandic svella, English swell, Low German swellen, Dutch zwellen, German schwellen. Doublet of svalla and svullna.

Verb

svälla (present sväller, preterite svällde, supine svällt, imperative sväll)

  1. to swell (become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Conjugation

Conjugation of svälla (weak)
active passive
infinitive svälla svällas
supine svällt svällts
imperative sväll —
imper. plural1 svällen —
present past present past
indicative sväller svällde svälls, svälles svälldes
ind. plural1 svälla svällde svällas svälldes
subjunctive2 svälle svällde svälles svälldes
present participle svällande
past participle svälld

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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