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Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Verb
swel (present swel, present participle swellende, past participle geswel)
- to swell
Middle English
Noun
swel
- Alternative form of swelle
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian , from Proto-Germanic *swalwǭ.
Pronunciation
Noun
swel c (plural swellen, diminutive sweltsje)
- swallow
Further reading
- “swel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011