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weallan

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weallan, p. weóll, pl. weóllon; pp. weallen.
Wright's OE grammar
§64; §276; §516;
of water, &c. issuing from a source, to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow
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  • Ic wealle

    bullio,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5
      • ;
    • Zup. 192, 3.

  • Of ðæm neáhmunte wealleþ hlúter wæter, ðonne drincaþ ða menn ðæt

    cadente rivo puram ex vicino monte potant aquam,

    • Nar. 31, 7.

  • Of ðǽm beorgum wilð seó eá Eufrates

    fluvius Euphrates de radice montis effusus,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 14, 10, 29.

  • Ðǽr hió (the Nile) ǽrest up wielð

    prope fontem,

    • Swt. 12, 24.
[
Ðæt treów ðæt man on heorþe leges, for ðare mycele hǽten ðe ðæt treów barned beoþ, þáre wylþ út of ðan ende water, Lchdm. iii. 128, 6.
]
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  • Récels of ðæra treówa telgan weól

    ,
    • Nar. 26, 22.

  • Swát ýðum weóll

    the blood welled out in streams,

    • Beo. Th. 5380
      • ;
    • B. 2693: Andr. Kmbl. 2552
      • ;
    • An. 1277: 2482
      • ;
    • An. 1242.

  • Weól,

    • Exon. Th. 182, 23
      • ;
    • Gú. 1314.

  • Wiþ ðon ðe men blód upp wealle þurh his múð,

    • Lchdm. i. 74, 14.

  • Hé lét teáras geótan, weallan wǽgdropan,

    • Exon. Th. 165, 17
      • ;
    • Gú. 1030: Andr. Kmbl. 3005
      • ;
    • An. 1505.

  • Mon geseah weallan blód of eorþan

    sanguis e terra visus est manare,

    • Ors. 4, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 162, 6.

  • Geseah ic balzamum of ðǽm treówum út weallan

    video opobalsamum arborum ramis manans,

    • Nar. 27, 23.
of the source, to well with, flow with,
with a noun
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  • Án wielle weól blóde

    flumen sanguine effluxit,

    • Ors. 4, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 184, 21.

  • Flór áttre weól,

    • Cd. Th. 284, 8
      • ;
    • Sat. 318.

  • Flód blóde weól,

    • Beo. Th. 2848
      • ;
    • B. 1422.

  • Weóll,

    • 4282
      • ;
    • B. 2138.

  • Wið ðon ðe mon blóde wealle þurh his múð,

    • Lchdm. iii. 44, 22.

  • Wæs on blóde brim weallende,

    • Beo. Th. 1699
      • ;
    • B. 847.
absolute
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  • Benna weallaþ

    wounds bleed,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2810
      • ;
    • An. 1407.

  • Hit ongan rínan . . . and seó eorðe weóll ongeán ðam heofonlícan flóde

    it began to rain . . . and the earth sent forth its waters to meet the waters of heaven,

    • Wulfst. 206, 21.

  • Weóllon wælbenna,

    • Cd. Th. 208, 30
      • ;
    • Exod. 491.
implying abundance
,
to swarm, exist in large numbers
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  • Him weóllon maðan geond ealne ðone líchaman,

    • Homl. Th. i. 472, 30.
of production in large numbers or great quantity, to swarm with, flow with
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  • Land ðe weóll meolceand hunie

    terra quae lacte el melle manabat,

    • Num. 16, 13.

  • His gesceapu maðan weóllon,

    • Homl. Th. i. 86, 10: Homl. Skt. i. 4, 212.

  • Weallende

    scaturiens (vermibus, Ald. 70)

    ,
    • Hpt. Gl. 519, 34
      • : scatens (vermibus, Ald. 202) ,
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 7.
of violent movement, to boil, rage, heave
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  • Geofon ýþum weól wintres wylme,

    • Beo. Th. 1035
      • ;
    • B. 515.

  • Holm storme weól,

    • 2267
      • ;
    • B. 1131.

  • Hreðer ǽðme weóll

    his breast heaved,

    • 5180
      • ;
    • B. 2593.

  • Ða ýþa weóllan and wéddan ðæs sǽs

    furentibus undis pelagi,

    • Bd. 3, 15
      • ;
    • S. 541, 39, 42.

  • Brim weallende,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3147
      • ;
    • An. 1576.

  • Ðæt gebrec ðæs weallendes ( ferventis ) sǽs

    ,
    • Bd. 5, 1
      • ;
    • S. 614, 4.

  • Wado weallende,

    • Beo. Th. 1096
      • ;
    • B. 546.
of movement in liquids caused by heat, to boil (intrans.), to be hot
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  • Dó ofer fýr, áwyl; ðonne hit wealle, sing iii Pater noster,

    • Lchdm. ii. 358, 11.

  • Scenc fulne weallendes wæteres,

    • 130, 1.

  • Seóð on weallendon wætere

    ,
    • i. 204, 23.

  • Mid weallendum ele,

    • Homl. Th. i. 58, 27: Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 16.

  • Weallende wǽte

    fervida flumina,

    • Hpt. Gl. 499, 51.
used of a vessel in which a liquid boils
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  • Bæð háte weól,

    • Exon. Th. 277, 16
      • ;
    • Jul. 581.
of other than liquids, to be hot, burn, blaze, rage
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  • Wið ðone weallendan bryne ðe weallaþ (-eþ?) on helle,

    • L. C. E. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 364, 13.

  • Him on breóstum weóll áttor,

    • Beo. Th. 5422
      • ;
    • B. 2714.

  • Án ðæra dǽla is weallende (

    the torrid zone

    ),
    • Lchdm. iii. 260, 21.

  • Se wallenda lég

    furens flamma,

    • Bd. 2, 7
      • ;
    • S. 509, 22.

  • Hé hæfþ weallendene lég,

    • Blickl. Homl. 61, 35.

  • Weallende fýr,

    • Cd. Th. 153, 22
      • ;
    • Gen. 2542.

  • Weallendum lígum

    flammis ferventibus,

    • Bd. 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 627, 37.

  • Weallende axan,

    • Lchdm. i. 178, 6.

  • Þurh ða weallendan sond

    per ferventes sole arenas,

    • Nar. 6, 9.
figuratively, of persons, passions, emotions, to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved
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  • Ic wealle

    ferueo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5
      • ;
    • Zup. 156, 9.

  • Welð

    fervet,

    • Kent. Gl. 665.

  • Hé welð on gódum cræftum

    in virtutibus inardescit,

    • Past. 58
      • ;
    • Swt. 447, 18.

  • Hé metta mid cystignesse wealð

    aescarum largitate feruescit,

    • Scint. 56, 2.

  • Hyge hearde wealleþ,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 126
      • ;
    • Sal. 62.

  • Wyrd bið wended hearde, wealleþ ( is zealous ) swíðe geneahhe,

    • 872
      • ;
    • Sal. 435.

  • Feóndscipe wealleþ

    hatred burns hot,

    • Exon. Th. 354, 60
      • ;
    • Reim. 68.

  • Weallaþ wælníðas,

    • Beo. Th. 4136
      • ;
    • Beo. 2065.

  • Brandháta níð weóll on gewitte,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1537
      • ;
    • An. 770.

  • Hreðer innan weóll, beorn breóstsefa

    their hearts burnt within them,

    • Exon. Th. 34, 9
      • ;
    • Cri. 539: Beo. Th. 4233
      • ;
    • B. 2113.

  • Breóst innan weóll þeóstrum geþoncum,

    • 4652
      • ;
    • B. 2331.

  • Weóll him on innan hyge ymb his heortan,

    • Cd. Th. 23, 4
      • ;
    • Gen. 353.

  • Se ðe nyle wearmian óð hé wealle (

    ut ferveat

    ),
    • Past. 58
      • ;
    • Swt. 447, 8.

  • Suá sculon ða hierdas weallan ymb ða geornfulnesse ðære inneran ðearfe his hiéremonna

    sic pastores erga interiora studia subditornm suorum ferveant,

    • 18
      • ;
    • Swt. 137, 11.

  • Hire oninnan ongan weallan wyrmes geþeaht,

    • Cd. Th. 37, 15
      • ;
    • Gen. 590.

  • Weallende

    furibundus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 37: fervidus, 147, 84: Lchdm. iii. 188, 25.

  • Se mǽra wæs háten weallende wulf (cf. (?) Wóden),

    • Salm. Kmbl. 423
      • ;
    • Sal. 212.

  • Lég, weallende wiga,

    • Exon. Th. 61, 15
      • ;
    • Cri. 985.

  • Hé wæs weallende on geleáfan (

    fide fervens

    ),
    • Bd. 3, 2
      • ;
    • S. 524, 17.

  • Weallende spelboda,

    • Blickl. Homl. 165, 33.

  • Manegum wæs hát æt heortan hyge weallende,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 3415
      • ;
    • An. 1711.

  • Ðeós gítsunc weallende byrnð,

    • Met. 8, 45.

  • Mid weallendre lufe,

    • Wulfst. 286, 11.

  • Sorge weallende,

    • Beo. Th. 4919
      • ;
    • B. 2464.

  • Weallende weán,

    • Exon. Th. 139, 2
      • ;
    • Gú. 587.

  • Hé geseah ealle witon on þeáwum scínende and on gáste weallende,

    • Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 86.
trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn
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  • Hine on lyfte lífgetwinnan sweopum seolfrenum swíðe weallaþ, óð ðæt him bán blícaþ, blédaþ ǽdran,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 288
      • ;
    • Salm. 143.
[
O. Sax. wallan to well; to boil, burn (fig.): O. Frs. walla: O. H. Ger. wallan scatere, bullire, fervescere: Icel. vella to boil; to swarm.]
Similar entries
v. á-, be-, ge-weallan; heoru-weallende, for-weallen.
Linked entries
v.  for-weallen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “weallan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/34791.

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