rare. [In first quot. app. repr. an OE. *cwellan = OS., OHG. quellan: in second quot. a. G. quellen.] intr. To well out, flow.
1340. Ayenb., 248. Þe welle eurelestinde þet alneway kuelȝ and fayly ne may.
1863. Kingsley, Water-Bab., i. Out of a low cave … the great fountain rose, quelling and bubbling.
