svelga

Italian

Verb

svelga

  1. inflection of svellere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

svelga n

  1. definite plural of svelg

Verb

svelga

  1. inflection of svelge:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

svelga n

  1. definite plural of svelg

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swelganą, whence also Old English swelgan, Old High German swelhan.

Verb

svelga (singular past indicative svalg, plural past indicative sulgum, past participle sólginn)

  1. to swallow

Conjugation

Descendants

Note that many of these forms are descended from svelgja.

  • Icelandic: svelga, svelgja
  • Faroese: svølgja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svelgja; (dialectal) svølgje, svægje, svæl, svøl
  • Elfdalian: swega
  • Old Swedish: svælghia, svælgha, svælia
  • Old Danish: swælghæ, swæliæ, swælwæ
    • Danish: svælge, svælle
    • Scanian: svælla
  • Gutnish: svälge, svölge

References

  • svelga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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