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cwéne

  • noun [ feminine ]
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cwéne, cwýne ,an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §156; §232; §404;
A woman, wife, queen, common woman, harlot ; femina, uxor, regina, meretrix
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  • Ic wæs feaxhár cwéne

    I was a hoary-headed woman,

    • Exon. 126b
    • ;
    • Th. 487, 13
    • ;
    • Rä. 73,
    • 1.
  • Cwénan forlǽtan

    to forsake a wife,

    • L. N. P. L. 35
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 296,
    • 1.
  • Mid esnes cwýnan

    with an 'esne's' wife,

    • L. Ethb. 85
    • ;
    • Th. i. 24,
    • 9.
  • Margarite ðære cwénan

    of queen Margaret,

    • Chr. 1097
    • ;
    • Erl. 234,
    • 37.
  • Wið áne cwénan fylbe adreógaþ

    cum una meretrice spurcitiem exercent,

    Lupi
    • Serm. 1,
    • 11;
    • Hick. Thes. ii. 102,
    • 26.
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