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a-cwelan

  • verb [ strong ]
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a-cwelan, he -cwilþ, pl. -cwelaþ; p. -cwæl, pl. -cwǽlon; pp. -cwolen, -cwelen, v. n.
To die, perish; mori
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  • Ða fixas acwelaþ

    pisces morientur,

    • Ex. 7, 18
    • .
  • Ofercumen biþ he ǽr he acwele

    he will be overcome ere he dies,

    • Exon, 90b; Th. 340, 10
    • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 114
    • .
  • Monige men hungre acwǽlon

    many men died of hunger,

    • Chr. 918; Erl. 104, 13
    • .
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v.  a-cwǽlon a-cwilþ a-cwolen a-cwylan.
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