† abelghev.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Dutch irbelgan to become angry, Old Saxon abelgan to become angry (only in past participle), Old High German irbelgan to become angry, to anger (Middle High German erbelgen ; compare German regional (Switzerland) erbolgen , past participle) < the Germanic base of a- prefix¹ + the Germanic base of Old English belgan , Old Frisian -bolgen , past participle (in forbolgen ), Old Dutch belgan , belgon (Middle Dutch belgen , Dutch belgen ), Old Saxon belgan , Old High German belgan (Middle High German belgen ), all in sense ‘to become angry’ (sometimes with connotations of swelling), and further Old Icelandic bolginn (Icelandic bólginn ), Norwegian (Nynorsk) bolgen , Old Swedish bulghin , all (participial) adjectives in sense ‘swollen’ < the same Germanic base as belly n. Compare bell v.¹, anbelghe v., bolghen adj. Compare also abaeile v.In Old English a strong verb of Class III; strong forms survive into early Middle English. 3rd singular present indicative forms such as Old English abylgð , early Middle English abilhd could alternatively be interpreted as forms of Old English (late West Saxon) abylgan (see abaeile v.), i.e. as showing i-mutation of ea (by breaking of æ ) rather than raising of e to i before i of the inflectional ending. Some Middle English instances may perhaps represent a reduced form of anbelghe v.; compare a- prefix³. Middle English abolke , of uncertain sense, in the example below was taken by N.E.D (1884) as showing the past participle of this word (compare unprefixed bolghen adj. b), but this identification presents phonological difficulties. Middle Eng. Dict. at abolke ppl. suggests that the word represents an otherwise unattested derivative of either bolk v. or bulk n.¹ (although the latter is first attested later).c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 22 Þat hy ne be a-bolke [rhyme folke] In prede.