What is the definition of "whelm"?

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Why: I feel extraordinarily whelmed.

Answer: Hum.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to submerge; engulf.

2.	to overcome utterly; overwhelm: whelmed by misfortune.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to roll or surge over something, as in becoming submerged.

From 1250–1300 Middle English whelme, whelve (Old English gehwelfan, "to bend over") and Old English helmian, "to cover"

Source: Dictionary.com

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