svälta

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish svælta, from Old Norse svelta, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.

Verb

svälta (present svälter, preterite svalt or svälte, supine svultit or svält, imperative svält)

  1. (intransitive) to starve, to hunger (be the victim of famine or the like)
    • 1777, Anders af Botin, Svenska språket i tal och skrift :
      De svulto till döds; Prins WALDEMAR svalt i ellofva dygn innan han dog; Han har alldrig svulltit, men väl hungrat.
  2. (transitive) to let starve, to let hunger (by refusing someone food)
    • 1777, Anders af Botin, Svenska språket i tal och skrift :
      Konung BIRGER svällte bägge sina bröder till döds i Nyköping; Hon har alltid svällt sitt tjenst·folk

Usage notes

The intransitive sense uses the strong conjugation; the transitive sense the weak conjugation.

Conjugation

Conjugation of svälta (class 3 strong)
active passive
infinitive svälta
supine svultit
imperative svält
imper. plural1 svälten
present past present past
indicative svälter svalt
ind. plural1 svälta svulto
subjunctive2 svälte svulte
present participle svältande
past participle svulten

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of svälta (weak)
active passive
infinitive svälta
supine svält
imperative svält
imper. plural1 svälten
present past present past
indicative svälter svälte
ind. plural1 svälta svälte
subjunctive2 svälte svälte
present participle svältande
past participle svält

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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