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Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1475-1535, 1616
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Bolne, v. Also: bollyn, bollen. [ME. (chiefly northern) bolne (c 1300), bulne, Dan. bulne, Sw. bulna, ON. bolgna. Cf. Boldin v.] intr. To swell. Also fig.(1) a1400 Legends of the Saints ii. 753.
His wame bolnyt ner and rafe c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 1756.
Quhill the tempest had cassyn him, Bolned with watter, … All naked vpon the sand c1420 Wynt. ii. 575.
In thare bleddyris bolnyt bilis c1420 Ib. iv. 997.
All his futmen and archerys … Begouth fayntly for to faylle And bolne 1616 Brus iii. 699 (H).
With waues wyde that bolning were(2) c1420 Wynt. iv. 436; c1420 Ib. vii. 2574.
Quhen scho hard that the gret ost Off Cyrus come bolnyd [C. bolnande] in bost c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace vi. 756.
His hart for ire bolnyt for byttir baill c1475 Ib. x. 129.
Stewart tharwith all bolnyt in to baill c1520-c1535 Nisbet 1 Cor. v. 2.
Ȝe ar bolnyt [Wycl. bolnyd] with pryde c1520-c1535 Ib. 2 Tim. iii. 4.
Men salbe … bolnit [Wycl. bollun] with proude thochtis
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