Swelan

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

swelan

p. swæl, pl. swǽlon. I. to burn (intrans.), perish with heat :-- On fýrbaðe swelaþ sǽfiscas sundes getwǽfde, wǽgdeóra gehwylc wérig swelteþ, Exon. Th. 61, 19; Cri. 987. II. to burn (of a hot sensation) :-- Sió wund ongon, ðe him se eorðdraca ǽr geworhte, swelan and swellan, Beo. Th. 5419; B. 2713. [Cf. O.H. Ger. suilizo calor; suilizón calere, arere.]

Mots connexes: for-swelan; swǽlan. swelan