(a) Of water, a spring or well of water: to rise up to the surface and flow; of blood, tears, a liquid or semi-liquid substance, etc.: well up, gush forth, flow; also in fig. context; ~ oute (up); ppl. wallinge as adj.: welling up; also fig. of joy [quot. c1400(?c1390)]; (b) to bring forth (sth.), exude; (c) ppl. wallinge as adj., of serpents' mouths: foaming, slavering; (d) fig. to spring or originate; issue (from a source), emanate; (e) ppl. wellinge as adj.: fig. abounding, abundant; (f) fig. of a person: to brim over (with sth.).

(a) Of a viscous substance: to boil, seethe; of a vessel: be heated until the contents boil; ppl. wallinge, of liquid, a viscous substance: boiling, bubbling with heat, extremely hot; of metal: molten; fig. of tears: scalding, burning; wallinge brine, boiling heat; wallinge hot, hot wallinge, boiling hot; brine wallinge bras, brass melted by heat, boiling hot brass; (b) to boil (sth.);—also without obj. [quot. a1475]; heat (a vessel) so that the contents boil; heat (a metal) until it liquefies; ~ togeder; leten ~, cause (sth.) to be boiled; ppl. walled as adj.: molten; (c) of someone in hell: ?to be immersed in a boiling substance; ?burn; (d) of a place: to blaze (with flames); of fiery flames: surge, billow, blaze; (e) fig. of a person, the heart: to burn (with an emotion), blaze; ~ in wo, experience pain, suffer great woe.

Of a person, someone’s body: to swarm (with maggots), be filled (full of worms); of worms: swarm (in someone’s belly, out of someone’s body).