v. Obs. Also 4 te-belle. [f. TO-2 + BELL v.1] intr. To swell exceedingly; also fig. to be puffed up with pride or swollen with anger. Chiefly in pa. pple. to-bollen.
c. 1200. Ormin, 8080. & all himm wærenn fet & þeos To bollenn & to blawenn.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 282. Heorte to-bollen & to-swollen, & ihouen on heih ase hul.
13[?]. Sir Beues (A.), 2832. His flesch gan ranclen & tebelle.
1377. Langl., P. Pl., B. V. 84. His body was to-bolle [v.rr. to-bollen, to-bolne] for wratthe þat he bote his lippes.
