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orf-cwealm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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orf-cwealm, es; m.
Pestilence among cattle, murrain
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  • On ðisum geáre wæs swá mycel orfcwealm swá man ne gemunde fela wintrum ǽr,

      Chr. 1054; Erl. 188, 5.
  • Ûs stalu and cwalu, stric and steorfa, orfcwealm and uncoþu . . . derede swýðe þearle,

      Wulfst. 159, 10.
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v.  yrf-cwealm.
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  • orf-cwealm, n.