Obs. Also 4 sual. [a. or corresp. to MLG., LG. swal(l whirlpool, swollen mass of water (whence Sw. svall surge, swell of the sea), = MHG. swal (G. schwall); f. swal-: swel- (see SWELL v.).] An agitated mass of water.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter xlv[i]. 4. Fluminis impetus … Þe swall of flode. Ibid., lxviii. 3 [lxix. 2]. The storme, that is, the sual of malicious men … sloghe me.
