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Cwichelmes hlǽw

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Cwichelmes hlǽw, Cwicchelmes hlǽw , Cwicelmes hlǽw ,es; m. [hlǽw a heap, barrow, small hill: Flor. Cuiccelmeslawe: Hunt. Chichelmeslaue: Hovd. Cwichelmelow: Cwichelm's hill; Cwichelmi agger]
CUCKHAMSLEY hill or Cuchinslow, Berkshire, a large barrow on a wide plain overlooking White Horse Vale ; Cwichelmi agger in agro Berchensi
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  • Wendon to Wealingæforda, and ðæt eall forswǽlldon; and wǽron him ðá áne niht æt Ceóles ége, and wendon him ðá andlang Æsces dúne to Cwichelmes [Cwicelmes,

      Th. 256, 28, col. 1: Cwicchelmes, 257, 27, col. 1
    ] hlǽwe , and ðǽr onbídedon beótra gylpa, forðan oft man cwæþ, gif hí Cwichelmes [Cwicelmes, col. 1] hlǽwe gesóhton, ðæt hí nǽfre to sǽ gangan [gangen MS.] ne sceoldan

    they went to Wallingford, and burned it all down; and were then one night at Cholsey, and then went along Ashdown to Cuckhamsley hill, and there tarried out of threatening vaunt, because it had often been said, if they came to Cuckhamsley hill, that they would never go to the sea

    • Chr. 1006
      • ;
    • Th. 256, 25-32, col. 2
      • .

  • Æt Cwicelmes hlǽwe

    at Cuckhamsley hill,

    • Th. Diplm. A. D. 995
      • ;
    • 288,
      • 24.

  • On Cwicelmes hlǽw

    to Cuckhamsley hill,

    • 291,
      • 28.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Cwichelmes hlǽw.” 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/6965.

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