1 hwelian
p. ode, ede To turn to matter; in pus converti :-- Ðanon se andiga hwelaþ inde invidus contabescit, Lchdm. iii. 365, col. 1. Gif ðæt líc heard sí útan lege on ðane lǽcedom ðe ðæt heard forði hwelige and ðæt yfel út teó if the body be hard on the outside apply such leechdom as the hard part may turn to matter thereby, and may draw out the mischief, L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 282, 23. [Prompt. Parv. whelyñ, as soorys pustulo.]