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cwalu

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Wright's OE grammar
§225; §366; §562;
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  • Ús stalu and cwalu . . . derede swýðe þearle,

      Wlfst. 159, 10.

  • Him næs on þám hláfe forholen seó cwalu (wól,

    v. l. pestis

    ),
      Gr. D. 118, 9.

  • Hwæt bið unáberendlicre tó gesiónne ðonne ðæs bearnes cwalu (

    mors

    ) beforan ðæs fæder eágum?,
      Past. 34. 3, 11.

  • Mæst*-*að hié hié selfe on hiera niéhstena cwale

    in proximorum nece grassantur,

      335, 15: Bl. H. 193, 1.

  • Tó his cwale

    ad interfectionem ejus,

      Kent. Gl. 703.

  • Cwale

    exitio,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 4.

  • Hé his sunu ásende tó cwale for ús,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 32.

  • Dón tó cwale

    to put to death,

      Hml. S. 21, 372. v. morþor-, súsl-cwalu.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “cwalu.” 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/42263.

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