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English
Etymology
From Middle English biwalwien, from Old English bewealwian (“to wallow, wallow around”), equivalent to be- + wallow.
Verb
bewallow (third-person singular simple present bewallows, present participle bewallowing, simple past and past participle bewallowed)
- (intransitive) To wallow around or about; wallow all over.
1886, Harper's magazine:We saw paths and narrow beds, trampled and bewallowed, in the mud of the marshes now and then, which were made by the alligators; then, after long stretches of cane-brake and of marsh and willows, we came upon the beauty of Gum Swamp.