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cwyld

  • noun [ masculinefeminineneuter ]
  • participle
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cwyld, cwild ,es; m. n: cwyld, cwild, e ; f. [cweald, pp. of cwellan to kill]
A plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction; pestis, pestilcntia, clades
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  • Boreas ealne ðone cwyld m. aflígþ

    Boreas [the north wind] drives every plague away,

    • Bd. de nat. rerurn
      • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 18,
      • 9;
    • Lchdm. iii. 276,
      • 7.

  • Cwilde f. flód

    the flood of destruction, deluge;

    diluvium,
    • Ps. Spl. C. 28, 9: 31,
      • 8.

  • Auster mistlíce cwyld n. blǽwþ geond ðas eorþan

    auster [the south wind] blows various plagues through this earth,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
      • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 17,
      • 26;
    • Lchdm. iii. 274,
      • 17.

  • Cwild [cwyld MSS. C. D.],

    m. f. or n. clades,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9,
      • 27;
    • Som. 11,
      • 25.

  • Cwild,

    m. f. or n. pestis,

    • Wrt. Voc. 75,
      • 54.

  • Mid ceápes cwylde

    m. f. or n. with a murrain of cattle,

    • Chr. 897
      • ;
    • Th. 174. 22, col. 2
      • ;
    • 175,
      • 20.

  • Se ðe on þrymsetle cwyldes m. or n. ná sæt

    qui in cathedra pestilentiæ non sedit,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 1, 1: Mone B. 2711
      • .

  • Cwyld-tíd or cwyl-tíd evening time; conticinium :-- Cwyl-tíd vel gebed-giht

    conticinium,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 16
      • ;
    • Som. 58,
      • 63;
    • Wrt. Voc. 21,
      • 50.
Derived forms
mon-cwyld
Similar entries
v. cwyld-seten.
Linked entries
v.  cwild cwilde flód cwild-tíd cwyl-tíd.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “cwyld.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/7024.

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Word-wheel

  • cwyld, n.; part.

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