v. Obs. [OE. toswellan, f. TO-2 + swellan, SWELL v. So OHG. ziswellan, MHG. ze-, zerswellen.] intr. To swell out; also fig. to be puffed up, as with an emotion. Chiefly in pa. pple. to-swolle(n.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Saints’ Lives, iii. 481. He hæfde ænne licðrowere … Eʓeslice to-swollen.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 17815. Al ic æm to-swollen … Nu nan ich wurðe dæd.

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a. 1225.  Owl & Night., 145. Þeos vle … Sat toswolle & tobolewe So heo hedde one frogge iswolwe.

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c. 1330.  R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 10876. Þem þoughte for wo þey al to-swal.

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1382.  Wyclif, Jer. v. 22. To-swelle shul his flodis.

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c. 1400.  Lanfranc’s Cirurg., 311. Humouris fel so myche þerto þat his leggis & his hipis to-swollen al greet.

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