ppl. a. Obs. 1 (ʓe)bolʓen, 2 (Orm.) bollȝhenn, 3 i-bolȝe. [OE. bolʓen, ʓebolʓen, pa. pple. of belʓan to swell, be proud or angry: see BELL v.1 and BOLLEN.]
a. Swollen with rage, angry, wrathful. b. Physically swollen; = BOLLEN.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. xxvi. 8. And wurdon ʓebolʓene.
c. 1160. Hatton G., ibid. And wurðen ʓebolʓen.
c. 1200. Ormin, 7145. Herode King Wass gramm and grill and bollȝhenn.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 145. And sat toswolle and ibolȝe.
