An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/schwelen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2525973An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schwelenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

schwelen, verb, ‘to burn slowly, smoulder,’ Modern High German only, from Low German. For the Teutonic root swel in Old High German swilizôn, ‘to burn slowly’, and Anglo-Saxon swëlan, ‘to glow,’ see under schwül.

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/schwelen

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