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CWALU

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
CWALU, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§225; §366; §562;
A quelling with weapons, torment, a violent death, slaughter, destruction; nex, cædes, exitium
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  • Se cyning Eádwine mid árleásre cwale ofslegen wæs

    rex Æduini impia nece occisus,

    • Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 32: 2, 12; S. 513, 9, 12,
      • 16.

  • Þurh ánes engles cwale, on Cristes cwale

    through an angel's death, by Christ's death,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 17,
      • 38.

  • Hú nyt is ðe mín slæge, oððe mín cwalu

    slaughter,

    oððe mín rotung on byrgenne?
    • Ps. Th. 29,
      • 8.

  • To cwale cnihta

    for the destruction of the youths,

    • Cd. 184
      • ;
    • Th. 229, 32
      • ;
    • Dan. 226
      • .

  • To cwale syllan

    to give to death.

    • Exon. 70a
      • ;
    • Th. 259, 29
      • ;
    • Jul. 289
      • .

  • To cwale lǽdan

    to lead to death,

    • 74b
      • ;
    • Th. 279,
      • 14;
    • Jul. 613
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. quale murrain; quale-huse, cwal-huse a torture-house:
O. Sax. quala , f:
Dut. kwaal malum, morbus:
Kil. quaele languor, ægritudo:
Ger. qual, f:
M. H. Ger. quël , f. torment:
O. H. Ger. quála nex, pernicies:
Dan. qwal , m. f:
Swed. qual , n. anguish, agony:
Icel. kwal- in compounds , pain, torment
.]
Derived forms
deáþ-cwalu , feorh-, gást-, hearm-, hell- , líg-, níþ-, swylt-, sylf-
Linked entries
v.  cwælu.
Entry information
Citation

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/6894.

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