† bolningn.
Obsolete.
1. Swelling, state of being swollen; concrete a swelling, a tumour.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > swelling > [noun]
swalm?c1225
bolninga1340
swelling1377
blowinga1398
tumefaction1598
swelth1631
turgency1650
tumidity1828
lumping1851
nodulation1862
nodularity1948
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > swelling > [noun] > a swelling or protuberance
ampereOE
kernelc1000
wenc1000
knot?c1225
swella1250
bulchc1300
bunchc1325
bolninga1340
botcha1387
bouge1398
nodusa1400
oedemaa1400
wax-kernel14..
knobc1405
nodule?a1425
more?c1425
bunnyc1440
papa1450
knurc1460
waxing kernel?c1460
lump?a1500
waxen-kernel1500
bump1533
puff1538
tumour?1541
swelling1542
elevation1543
enlarging1562
knub1563
pimple1582
ganglion1583
button1584
phyma1585
emphysema?1587
flesh-pimple1587
oedem?a1591
burgeon1597
wartle1598
hurtle1599
pough1601
wart1603
extumescence1611
hulch1611
peppernel1613
affusion1615
extumescency1684
jog1715
knibloch1780
tumefaction1802
hunch1803
income1808
intumescence1822
gibber1853
tumescence1859
whetstone1886
tumidity1897
Osler's node1920
the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > distension > swelling or swollenness
bolninga1340
bollingc1390
bossingc1440
tumour?1541
swelling1577
bulking1599
outswelling1611
swelth1631
turgescence1631
puffedness1648
intumescency1650
inturgescency1650
intumescence1656
obtumescence1657
bloatedness1660
tumefaction1666
turgescency1666
turgence1671
swell1683
tumidness1688
puffiness1699
tumidity1721
turgidity1732
inturgescence1755
tumescence1859
swollenness1902
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxxvii[i]. 17 Grete bolnynge of water.
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. xxviii. 64 a Agayn such bolnyng, auaileth no triacle.
1483 Cath. Angl. 36 A Bolnynge, tumor, inflacio.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 200/2 Boulnyng, swelling.
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. xii. 12 Distension and bolning in the head.
2. figurative (with pride, anger, etc.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [noun]
bolninga1340
swellingc1386
inflation1526
tympany1581
tumour1599
typhus1643
puffiness1668
inflatedness1867
bloatednessc1875
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter l. 8 It [mekenes] purges him fro bolnynge of pride.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12083 Þe bolning of his hert.
a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornt. MS. (1867) 12 Wrethe..es a wykkede stirrynge or bollenynge of herte.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
† bolningadj.
Obsolete.
Swelling.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [adjective] > swelling or inflating
bolninga1400
forblowing14..
volowyngec1450
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > swelling > [adjective] > swelling
bolninga1400
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 6011 Bile & blister bolnande sare.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 179 Bobaunce & bost & bolnande priyde.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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