svelga

Italian

Verb

svelga

  1. inflection of svellere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

svelga n

  1. definite plural of svelg

Verb

svelga

  1. inflection of svelge:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

svelga n

  1. definite plural of svelg

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *swelganą, whence also Old English swelgan, Old High German swelhan.

Verb

svelga (singular past indicative svalg, plural past indicative sulgum, past participle sólginn)

  1. to swallow, devour, gulp down

Conjugation

Conjugation of svelga — active (strong class 3)
infinitive svelga
present participle svelgandi
past participle solginn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular svelg svalg svelga sylga
2nd person singular svelgr svalgt svelgir sylgir
3rd person singular svelgr svalg svelgi sylgi
1st person plural svelgum sulgum svelgim sylgim
2nd person plural svelgið sulguð svelgið sylgið
3rd person plural svelga sulgu svelgi sylgi
imperative present
2nd person singular svelg
1st person plural svelgum
2nd person plural svelgið
Conjugation of svelga — mediopassive (strong class 3)
infinitive svelgask
present participle svelgandisk
past participle solgizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular svelgumk sulgumk svelgumk sylgumk
2nd person singular svelgsk svalgzk svelgisk sylgisk
3rd person singular svelgsk svalgsk svelgisk sylgisk
1st person plural svelgumsk sulgumsk svelgimsk sylgimsk
2nd person plural svelgizk sulguzk svelgizk sylgizk
3rd person plural svelgask sulgusk svelgisk sylgisk
imperative present
2nd person singular svelgsk
1st person plural svelgumsk
2nd person plural svelgizk

Descendants

Note that many of these forms are descended from svelgja.

  • Icelandic: svelgja (to gulp), (obsolete) svelga
  • Faroese: svølgja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svelgja; (dialectal) svølgje, svægje, svæl, svøl
  • Elfdalian: swega
  • Old Swedish: svælghia, svælgha, svælia
  • Old Danish: swælghæ, swæliæ, swælwæ
    • Danish: svælge, svælle
    • Scanian: svælla
  • Gutnish: svälge, svölge

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “svelga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive