† wall-hot, a. Obs.
[f. wall v.1 + hot a.]
Boiling hot. Also fig. fervent. Cf. walm-hot.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 256 Acele ðu wealhat isen ðonne hit furðum sie of fyre atoᵹen on wine oþþe on ecede. c 1200 Ormin 14196 Wiþþ wallhat herrtess lufe. a 1225 Juliana (Bodl. MS.) 31 Eleusius..bed biliue bringen forð brune wallinde bres, & healden hit se wal hat hehe up on hire heaued, þat [etc.]. |