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ge-swel

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-swel, -swell, es; n. [swellan to swell]
A swelling, tumour; tŭmor
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  • 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.
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v.  swell.
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