swollen

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Larger than normal, often because of injury or illness.

   After the fall, his ankle was red and swollen.

2. 2
   verb

   The past participle of swell.

   The river had swollen after days of heavy rain.

From Middle English swollen, i-swolle, y-swolle, yswolle, ȝeswollen, from Old English swollen, ġeswollen, from Proto-Germanic *swullanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”). Cognate with West Frisian swollen (“swollen”), Dutch gezwollen (“swollen”), German geschwollen (“swollen”), Swedish svullen (“swollen”).

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