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á-cwellan

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  • Sume hí man hreówlíce ácwealde,

      Chr. 1036; P. 158, 27.

  • Áqualdun

    necabantur,

      Txts. 81, 1376.

  • Ácuoeldon (-cweledum, R.)

    interficerent,

      Jn. L. 12, 10.

  • Sóðfæstne man ne ácwele ðú (

    non occides

    ),
      Ll. Th. i. 54, 15.

  • Gif ðú mæge, ácwel hine,

      Bl. H. 243, 19.

  • Ácwellað mé ðý deáðe ðe hé sylfa álýfe mé tó ácwyllane,

      Gr. D. 254, 8.

  • Ðý lǽs hié hié selfe ácwellen

    ne moriantur,

      Past. 370, 11.

  • Neron wolde hátan his fósterfæder ácwellan,

      Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 19.

  • Wilde deór willnaþ óþer tó ácwellenne,

      39, 1; F. 212, 3.

  • Tó áccuellanne

    interficere,

      Jn. L. 8, 37.

  • Ácweald

    peremptus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 20.

  • Ácweald

    trucidabatur,

      An. Ox. 4869.

  • Domicianus wearð ácweald æt his witena handum,

      Hml. Th. i. 60, 3.

  • Sié ácwelled

    moriatur,

      Mt. L. 15, 4.

  • Ácwealde

    multate,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 21.
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[O. Sax. á-quellian: O. H. Ger. ar-quellen necare, interficere.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-cwellan.” 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/37471.

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