▪ I. † swall Obs.
Also 4 sual.
[a. or corresp. to MLG., LG. swal(l whirlpool, swollen mass of water (whence Sw. svall surge, swell of the sea), = MHG. swal (G. schwall); f. swal-: swel- (see swell v.).]
An agitated mass of water.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter xlv[i]. 4 Fluminis impetus..Þe swall of flode. Ibid. lxviii. 3 [lxix. 2] The storme, that is, the sual of malicious men..sloghe me. |
▪ II. swall
var. swale n.1; obs. or dial. f. swell.