n. [swellan to swell] A swelling, tumour; tŭmor :-- Wið ǽlcum heardum swile oððe geswelle for every hard tumour or swelling, L. M. 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 70, 20: Herb. 86, 1; Lchdm. i. 188, 20: 90, 1; Lchdm. i. 194, 19: 109, 3; Lchdm. i. 222, 14. Hyt ðæt geswel gelíðigaþ it relieves the swelling, 109, 3; Lchdm. i. 222, 14: 76, 1; Lchdm. i. 178, 20: iii. 8, 28. Wið geswell for a swelling, Herb. 90, 4; Lchdm. i. 194, 18. Wið ealle geswell for all swellings, 130, 1; Lchdm. i. 240, 18. Ðá wolde se heofenlíca lǽce ðæt geswell heora heortan gelácnian then would the heavenly leech cure the swelling of their heart, Homl. Th. i. 338, 23. Mislíce geswel and blǽdran divers boils and blisters, ii. 192, 30. ge-swel