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 gulf, chasm abyss, pit whirlpool ==== Inflection ==== Strong ja-stem: ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: swelȝe, swelgh, swelwe, swolwe, swelth (merged with descendants of Old English swelh) English: swallow Scots: swelch, swelth, swellie, swallie