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weallan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
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.] 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 weal*-*lende,

      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. V a.
  • 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.
  • Brand*-*háta 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 ge*-*þoncum,

      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.
Etymology
[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.
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v.  for-weallen.
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