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CWELAN

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
CWELAN, ic cwele, ðú cwilst, he cwelþ, cwilþ, cwylþ, pl. cwelaþ; p. cwæl, pl. cwælon; pp. cwolen
Wright's OE grammar
§225; §503;
To die ; mori
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  • Cwele ic

    I die,

    • Exon. 125a
      • ;
    • Th. 482, 2
      • ;
    • Rä. 66,
      • 1.

  • Swá swá fixas cwelaþ gyf hí of wætere beóþ, swá eác cwelþ [cwylþ MSS. R. L.] ǽlc eorþlíc líchama gyf he byþ ðære lyfte bedǽled

    as fishes die if they are out of water, so also every earthly body dies if it be deprived of the air,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
      • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 17,
      • 9-11;
    • Lchdm. iii. 272, 25, and note 36
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. quelen to die:
O. Sax. quelan to die from a violent death or as a martyr:
Dut. quelen languore tabescere:
O. H. Ger. quelan cruciari, pati, mori
.]
Derived forms
a-cwelan, óþ-cwild, -bǽre, -bǽrlíce, -tíd, a-, a-cwelledness, -bǽre, -bǽrness, -bealu, -cuma, -dreór, -ness, -stede, -stów, -þreá, ge-
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Bosworth, Joseph. “CWELAN.” 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/6922.

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