[f. SWEAL v. + -ING2.] Burning, blazing; (of a candle) guttering.
a. 1023. Wulfstan, Hom., xliii. (1883), 213. He ða sende of heofonum beornend ren and swelende leʓ.
c. 1420. Prymer (1895), 10 (Benedicite). Fier & swellynge heete [ignis et æstus].
1807. J. Stagg, Poems, 24. Swift the sweelin hether flies.
1812. Colman, Br. Grins, Lady of Wreck, II. xxviii. A swaling candle.
