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-swelge

  • suffix
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-swelge, in ge-swelge
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  • Geswelge

    barathrum

    ,
      Hpt. Gl. 421, 30.
  • Ge-swelgum

    charybdibus, voraginibus,

      513, 29.
  • Cf. swelwhe of a water or of a grownde

    vorago,

      Prompt. Parv. 482.
[
Etymology
Icel. svelgr; m. a whirlpool.]
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  • -swelge, suffix