cwellere
A killer, man-slayer, executioner, QUELLER, tormentor ⬩ lanio, interfector, spiculator? carnifex
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carnifex Se cwellere the executioner, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 15, 35. Ða cwelleras the executioners; carnifices, 5, 19; S. 638, 29.
cwellere
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Aurelianus wæs wælhreáw cwellere crístenra manna, and fela belífode gelýfedra manna, Hml. Th. ii. 308, 4. Hé ( St. Paul ) wæs crístenra manna éhtere ǽr and cwellere, Shrn. 58, 27. Ðǽs cwelres hand . . . ðǽm cwelre syllan, 129, 9-12.
cwellere
Similar entry: flǽsc-cwellere
flǽsc-cwellere
A slayer ⬩ an executioner
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A slayer, an executioner Þára flǽsc-cwellera carnificum. Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 9. Wítniendra þiówa oððe flǽsc-cwellera lictorum, 52, 78. Substitute:
flǽsc-cwellere
A butcher ⬩ hangman ⬩ lănius ⬩ carnĭfex
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A butcher, hangman; lănius, carnĭfex, Som. Ben. Lye
Linked entries: cwellere flǽsc-bana
cwellend
A killer, slayer ⬩ interfector
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A killer, slayer; interfector Cwellend sector, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 150, 27
cwellend
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For reference substitute Germ. 400, 529
CWELLAN
To kill, slay = QUELL? ⬩ necare, trucidare, occidere, mactare
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necare, trucidare, occidere, mactare Ða cwelleras ne woldan hine cwellan the executioners would not till him, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 30: Cd. 140; Th. 176, 2; Gen. 2905: Hy. 7, 105; Hy. Grn. ii. p. 289, 105.
á-cwealdness
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Slaughter Sceáp ácweællednesse oves occisionis, Ps. Spl. T. 43, 25
flǽsc-tawere
A flesh-tawer or tormentor ⬩ an executioner ⬩ lănio ⬩ carnĭfex
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A flesh-tawer or tormentor, an executioner; lănio, carnĭfex Hyldere, oððe cwellere, oððe flǽsctawere [MS. flæctawere] lănio, vel lănista, vel carnĭfex, vel măcellārius, Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 79, 120; Wrt. Voc. 60, 27
Linked entry: tawere
hyldere
A flayer ⬩ butcher
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A flayer, butcher Hyldere oððe cwellere oððe flǽsctawere lanio vel lanista vel carnifex velmacellarius, Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 79, 121; Wrt. Voc. 60, 27. From hylderum a lanionibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 2
beald-wyrde
Bold in speech ⬩ saucy
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Se cwellere mid gebolgenum móde cwaeð: 'Gif ðes bealdwyrda (this saticy priest) biscop ácweald ne bið, siððan ne bið úre ege ondrǽdendlic,' Hml. Th. i. 420, 2
Linked entry: -wyrde
cweccan
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Se cwellere slóh swíðe . . . him ætfeóll fǽrlíce his gold þá þá hé swá hetelíce his handa cwehte, 12, 217. Cwahte vibrabit, Ps. Spl. T. 7, 13
un-oflinnendlíce
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Without desisting, without leaving off Þá cwelleras unoflinnendlíce cwelmað, Verc. Först. 139, 15
ge-beát
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Hé hét ... þæt þá cwelleras ... hine beóton. Hé on ðám gebeáte clypode, Hml. Th. i. 424, 32. Add
tintregung
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Hé hét his cwelleras swíðor wítnian þone hálgan wer, ac hí áteórodon on þǽre tintregunge, Hml. S. 37, 126. Add
forca
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Ðá cwelleras tugon þá gléda under ðæt bedd, and wiðufan mid heora forcum (cf. geaflum, l. 5) hine ðýdon. Hml. Th. i. 430, 11. Add:
slítan
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Ic ofercóm þæs cwelleres tintregu, . . . þá slítendan cláwa, Hml. S. 8, 189. Add Hé ongienð slítan (lacessere) his inngeðonc, Past. 227, 11
ge-cnǽwe
Knowing ⬩ conscious ⬩ aware ⬩ acknowledging ⬩ cognoscens ⬩ conscius
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Se cwellere bæd forgifenysse, gecnǽwe his mánes the murderer prayed for forgiveness, acknowledging his crime, 510, 20. We sind gecnǽwe ðæt . . . we are aware that . . . 378, 9. Híg ealle wǽron ðæs gecnǽwe omnes testimonium illi dabant, Lk. Bos. 4, 22
Linked entry: on-cnǽwe
éhtere
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Sauwlus wæs crístenra manna éhtere and cwellere, Shrn. 58, 27. Éhtere Crístes ǽ, Bl. H. 187, 5. Codes circena éhtere, Hml. A. 149, 147. On ðám écan wuldre ne wunað nán wiþerwinna, ne nán yfel éhtere þe ús dreccan mage, 78, 146.