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swallow2 take into the stomach through the mouth and gullet; also transf. and fig. OE. str. vb. swelgan = OS. farswelgan (Du. swelgen), OHG. swel(a)han (G. schwelgen), ON. svelga :- Gmc. *swelʒan, f. *swelʒ- *swalʒ- *swulʒ-, repr. also by OE. ġeswelg gulf, abyss, OHG. swelgo glutton, ON. svelgr whirlpool, devourer. Weak forms of pt. and pp. appeared XIV.

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