\Swelt\, obs.
imp. of {Swell}.

\Swelt\, v. i. [OE. swelten to die, to swoon or faint, AS.
sweltan to die; akin to OD. swelten to hunger, to fail, OS.
sweltan to die, Icel. svelta to die, to hunger, Sw. sv["a]lta
to hunger, Dan. sulte, Goth. sviltan to die. Cf. {Swelter},
{Sweltry}.]
1. To die; to perish. [Obs.]
2. To faint; to swoon. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
         Night she swelt for passing joy.      --Spenser.

\Swelt\, v. t.
To overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint; to swelter.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Bp. Hall.