forswelgan

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *fraswelganą, equivalent to for- +‎ swelgan. Cognate with Old Saxon farswelgan, Old High German firswelgan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /forˈswel.ɡɑn/, [forˈsweɫ.ɣɑn] === Verb === forswelgan to swallow up, devour to absorb ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: forswolewen, forswoluwen, etc... English: forswallow