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cweart-ern

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
cweart-ern, cwert-ern ,es; n.
A guard-house, prison; custodia, carcer
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  • Ðæs cwearternes hirde híg betǽhte Iosepe

    custos carceris tradidit eos Ioseph,

    • Gen. 40,
    • 4.
  • Ic wæs on cwearterne

    eram in carcere,

    • Mt. Bos. 25, 36, 39: Lk. Bos. 3, 20: Jn. Bos. 3, 24: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18
    • ;
    • Som. 9,
    • 59.
Etymology
[
Prompt. qwert, whert incolumis, sanus, sospes.
]
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v.  cwært-ern cwart-ern cwert-ern cwiert-ern.
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  • cweart-ern, n.