Sweltan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

sweltan

Add: p. sweolt. I. absolute, to die :-- Hé sweolt, Shrn. 153, 14. Hé cúðe tócnáwan gif hé cunnode þæs mannes be his ǽdrena hrepunge hweðer hé hraðe swulte, Hml. S. 3, 569. II. to die of something, in a manner described :-- Hé wæs wániende ... ꝥ hé swelce deáðe swealt, Ors. 5, 12; S. 244, 5. Þá folc bútú on feferádle mid ungemete swulton, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 35. III. to die with respect to something :-- Hí sweltað bútan ænde mid líchaman and gáste, Gr. D. 264, 9. IV. to die from something (gen.), be no longer conscious or under the action of something :-- Hí beóð deáde and ungewisse þæs écan lífes and ne magon sweltan þæs écan wítes deáðes, Gr. D. 264, 11. sweltan