svall - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Either formed as an abstraction from the Swedish verb svälla, or borrowed from German Schwall (or Middle High German swal). Doublet of svullnad and svulst.

svall n

1. swell, surge

Used both to concretely describe sudden movements of bodies of water, as well as more abstractly (for example to describe emotions).

• svall in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• svall in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• svall in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• valls