svullen

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svullen (neuter singular svullent, definite singular and plural svulne)

svullen (neuter singular svulle or svullent, definite singular and plural svulne)

Old Swedish svollin or Old Swedish sullin, from Old Norse sollinn. Compare with Norwegian svullen, German geschwollen, English swollen. Originally a past participle of svälla when conjugated as a strong verb. The v was added by analogy to the verb's infinitive and past tense stems. Doublet of svulstig.

svullen (comparative svullnare, superlative svullnast)

Inflection of svullen
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	svullen	svullnare	svullnast
Neuter singular	svullet	svullnare	svullnast
Plural	svullna	svullnare	svullnast
Masculine plural³	svullne	svullnare	svullnast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	svullne	svullnare	svullnaste
All	svullna	svullnare	svullnaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

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