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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/schwelen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
schwelen
Friedrich Kluge2509902An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — schwelen1891John Francis Davis

schwelen, vb., ‘to burn slowly, smoulder,’ ModHG. only, from LG. For the Teut. root swel in OHG. swilizôn, ‘to burn slowly’, and AS. swëlan, ‘to glow,’ see under schwül.