† ˈbolghen, bolȝen, ppl. a. Obs.
1 (ᵹe)bolᵹen, 2 (Orm.) bollȝhenn, 3 i-bolȝe.
[OE. bolᵹen, ᵹebolᵹen, pa. pple. of belᵹan to swell, be proud or angry: see bell v.1 and bollen.]
a. Swollen with rage, angry, wrathful. b. Physically swollen; = bollen.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxvi. 8 And wurdon ᵹebolᵹene. c 1160 Hatton G. ibid., And wurðen ᵹebolᵹen. c 1200 Ormin 7145 Herode King Wass gramm and grill and bollȝhenn. a 1250 Owl & Night. 145 And sat toswolle and ibolȝe. |