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a-cwellan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
a-cwellan, p. -cwealde; pp. -cweald
Wright's OE grammar
§646;
To kill, destroy; interficere, necare
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  • Freá wolde on ðære to-weardan tíde acwellan

    the Lord would destroy them in the coming time,

    • Gd. 64
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    • Th. 77, 31
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    • Gen. 1283
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  • Ic wille mid flóde folc acwellan

    I will destroy the folk with a flood,

    • 64; Th. 78, 21
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    • Gen. 1296
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  • Acwelleþ ða wyrmas

    killeth the worms,

    • Herb. 137; Lchdm. i. 254, 22
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  • Ðá ðe égor-here eorþan tuddor eall acwealde

    when the water-host destroyed all the progeny of earth.

    • Cd. 69; Th. 84, 25
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    • Gen. 1403
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  • Wíges heard wyrm acwealde

    the bold one in battle slew the worm, the dragon,

    • Beo. Th. 1777
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    • B. 886
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  • Steóp-cilda feala stundum acwealdon

    pupillos occiderunt.

    • Ps. Th. 93, 6
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v.  a-cwalde a-cwealde.
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