swelling

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being swollen.

   “Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.”

2. (countable, uncountable)Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A rising, as of passion or anger.

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of swell