Hypertext Webster Gateway: "swelt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swelt \Swelt\, v. t.
To overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint; to swelter.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swelt \Swelt\, obs.
imp. of {Swell}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swelt \Swelt\, v. i. [OE. swelten to die, to swoon or faint, AS.
sweltan to die; akin to OD. swelten to hunger, to fail, OS.
sweltan to die, Icel. svelta to die, to hunger, Sw. sv["a]lta
to hunger, Dan. sulte, Goth. sviltan to die. Cf. {Swelter},
{Sweltry}.]
1. To die; to perish. [Obs.]
2. To faint; to swoon. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Night she swelt for passing joy. --Spenser.
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