swellen

From Old Saxon swellan, from Proto-Germanic *swellaną. Compare Dutch zwellen, English swell, German schwellen, Northern Sami svälla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɛlən/, [ˈsvɛl̩n]

swellen

1. (intransitive) to swell up; to bulge

• afswellen
• answellen
• toswellen
• Swellen

From Old Dutch *swellan, from Proto-Germanic *swellaną.

swellen

1. to swell

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: zwellen
• Limburgish: zwèlle

• “swellen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “swellen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

• swelle, swell, swallen, swellyn, swellin

From Old English swellan, from Proto-West Germanic *swellan, from Proto-Germanic *swellaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɛlən/

swellen

1. To swell; to grow or become bigger or stronger:
   1. To become overweight or chubby.
   2. To display visible signs of pregnancy.
   3. (medicine) To become swollen due to illness or injury.
   4. To become distended or excrescent.
2. To experience intense emotions:
   1. To become prideful or vain.
   2. (rare) To become distressed, worried, or concerned.
3. To rise, to go above its previous position.
4. (euphemistic) To become gassy or windy.
5. (rare, euphemistic) To become aroused.
6. (rare) To enliven; to make more lively.

• swelle
• swellynge

• English: swell
• Scots: swell, swall

• “swellen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-09.

swellen

1. plural of swel