† swelme Obs.
[f. swel-, root of sweal v. + -m suffix. Cf. early mod.G. schwelm ‘fomes’.]
The heat (of anger or the like).
| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. C. 3 When heuy herttes ben hurt wyth heþyng oþer elles, Suffraunce may aswagen hem & þe swelme leþe. a 1400–50 Wars Alex. 750 Alexander..Lete a-swage or he sware þe swelme of his angirs. |