swelt

/swɛlt/

Etymology

From Middle English swelten, from Old English sweltan, from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną. Cognate to Dutch zwelten (“to die”).

verb

  1. To die.
  2. To succumb or be overcome with emotion, heat, etc.; to faint or swelter“Immediatly in smoldering heate of Love the t'one did swelt,”