Hwelca, hwylca
Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon de Bosworth & Toller - hwelca, hwylca
Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :
an;
- hwelca, hwylca
- m. An inflamed swelling, a pustule :-- Cwydele vel hwylca varix, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 32. [Prompt. Parv. whelke, soore pustula : Wck. whelk pustula: Chauc. whelkes white (on a 'fyr-reed face'), D. D. whelk, whilk sty, pimple.]