adj. (pp.)
'decorated in relief, embossed' (Modern English )
PGmc Ancestor
*belgan-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
bolgna (v.) ‘to swell, bulge’
(ONP bolgna (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
Icel bólginn, Norw bolgen, Dan bullen, OSw bulghin, bulin
OE Cognate
belgan (v.) ‘to swell with anger’
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
CC1c
The v. occurs in a variety of ME texts from c.1300 onwards, incl. Lydgate, but MED and OED only otherwise cite the pp. adj. in this sense from a1475 In place (Hrl 3954) from Norfolk.
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Cl 1464