verb
sweal
Sweal (verb) means to burn gently and gradually.
verb
1
To burn gently and gradually.
2
To melt and drip away, as wax does from a burning candle, without properly catching alight.
3
To scorch or singe something, such as the hair off a pig's skin, using a flame.
4
To destroy something completely by setting it alight.
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Etymology
Came into English via Middle English swelen, from Old English swelan ("to burn, be burnt up, inflame") (compare Old English swǣlan ("to burn")), from Proto-West Germanic *swelan, from Proto-Germanic *swelaną ("to smoulder, burn slowly, create a burningly cold sensation"), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- ("to shine, warm, smoulder, burn"). It is cognate with Dutch zwelen ("to smoulder"), Low German swelen ("to smoulder"), German schwelen ("to smoulder"), and Icelandic svala ("to cool"), and is related to swelter.
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What is the meaning of sweal?
"sweal" (verb) means to burn gently and gradually.
What are the different meanings of sweal?
"sweal" has 3 main meanings: 1. To burn gently and gradually; 2. To melt and drip away, as wax does from a burning candle, without properly catching alight; 3. To scorch or singe something, such as the hair off a pig's skin, using a flame.
