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cear-wylm

  • noun [ masculine ]
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cear-wylm, -welm, -wælm, es; m. [wylm heat of mind, emotion]
Sorrowful or anxious emotion, agitation; sollicita perturbatio, agitatio
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  • Ða cearwylmas cólran wurþaþ

    the anxious emotions become cooler,

    • Beo. Th. 569
    • ;
    • B. 282
    • .
  • Á wæs sæc cnyssed cearwelmum

    the contest was ever tossed with waves of sorrow,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2513
    • ;
    • El. 1258
    • .
  • Æfter cear-wælmum

    after anxious emotions,

    • Beo. Th. 4138
    • ;
    • B. 2066
    • .
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