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Definition: SWELT |
SWELT1. Imp. of Swell. Intransitive verb1. To faint; to swoon. 2. To die; to perish. Transitive verb1. To overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint; to swelter. |
Date "SWELT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Crosswords: SWELT |
| Etymologies containing "SWELT": sweltry. (references) |
| The following table summarizes the usage of "SWELT" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Swelt | Last name | 100 | 77,439 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 9, Verse 46 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Opou o skwlhx autwn ou teleuta kai to pur ou sbennutai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quod si oculus tuus scandalizat te eice eum bonum est tibi luscum introire in regnum Dei quam duos oculos habentem mitti in gehennam ignis |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þær heora wyrm ne swelt ne fyr nebeoð adwesced. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | That if thin iye sclaundre thee, cast it out; it is betere to thee to entre gogil iyed in to the reume of God, than haue twey iyen, and be sent in to helle of fier, where the worme of hem dieth not, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Where there worme dyeth not and the fyre never goeth oute. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | [] |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Mark Chapter 9, Verse 46 |
| Cebuano | diin ang ilang ulod dili mamatay, ug ang kalayo dili pagapalongon. |
| Croatian | # |
| Danish | hvor deres Orm ikke dør, og Ilden ikke udslukkes. |
| Dutch | Waar hun worm niet sterft, en het vuur niet uitgeblust wordt. |
| Finnish | jossa heidän matonsa ei kuole eikä tuli sammu. |
| French | que d`avoir les deux pieds et d`être jeté dans la géhenne, dans le feu qui ne s`éteint point. |
| Gaelic | Far nach basaich a chnuimh aca, `s nach smalar an teine. |
| German | da ihr Wurm nicht stirbt und ihr Feuer nicht verlöscht. |
| Haitian Creole | Nan lanfè, dife sa a ansanm ak vè k'ap manje kadav yo pa janm mouri. |
| Hungarian | A hol az õ férgök meg nem hal, és tüzök el nem aluszik. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | karena lebih baik engkau masuk dengan kaki sebelah sahaja ke dalam hidup kekal, daripada engkau dibuangkan dengan berdua belah kaki ke dalam jahanam. |
| Italian | . |
| Latvian | Un ja tava acs tevi apgrçcina, izrauj to: labâk tev ir kâ vienacim ieiet Dieva valstîbâ, nekâ tev divas acis un tu tiec iemests elles ugunî, |
| Maori | Ki te wahi e kore ai e mate to ratou kutukutu, ki te kapura e kore e tineia. |
| Norwegian | hvor deres orm ikke dør, og ilden ikke slukkes. |
| Portuguese | [onde o seu verme não morre, e o fogo não se apaga.] |
| Rumanian | unde viermele lor nu moare, wi focul nu se stinge. |
| Russian | З"Е ЮЕТЧШ ЙИ ОЕ ХНЙТБЕФ Й ПЗПОШ ОЕ ХЗБУБЕФ. |
| Shuar | Jákaru akarisha Jáiniatsui tura jisha tuke kapaawai. |
| Spanish | donde su gusano no muere, y el fuego nunca se apaga. |
| Swahili | missing |
| Swedish | + |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SWELT": swelter, sweltered, sweltering, swelteringly, swelters, sweltrier, sweltriest, sweltry. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: welts. | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-s-t-w" | |
-1 letter: lest, lets, slew, stew, tels, tews, welt, west, wets. | |
-2 letters: els, let, sel, set, sew, tel, tew, wet. | |
-3 letters: el, es, et, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-s-t-w" | |
+1 letter: lowest, owlets, towels. | |
+2 letters: howlets, lewdest, slowest, sweetly, swelter, sweltry, trowels, twelves, wallets, waltzes, warstle, wastrel, wattles, wealths, welters, whistle, wiglets, wildest, wiliest, willets, wintles, witless, wrastle, wrestle. | |
+3 letters: beltways, bestowal, blowiest, felworts, fewtrils, flatwise, flawiest, jowliest, letdowns, lewisite, lowliest, outwiles, snowbelt, snowmelt, stowable, sweatily, swellest, swelters, swiftlet, teabowls, thawless, thewless, thowless, towlines, townless, townlets, trawlers, trawleys, twaddles, twangles, twattles, tweedles, twelfths, twiddles, twigless, twinkles, twirlers, waltzers, warstled, warstler, warstles, wartless, wastable, wasteful, wastelot, wastrels, wattless, wavelets, wellsite, weltings, wergelts, westerly, wetlands, whistled, whistler, whistles, whittles, whortles, winglets, wooliest, wouldest, wrastled, wrastles, wrestled, wrestler, wrestles, wristlet. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 57 45 4C 54 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .--. . .-.. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01010111 01000101 01001100 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S W E L T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0057 0045 004C 0054 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5357394654 |
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