cwínan
To waste or dwindle away ⬩ tabescere
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To waste or dwindle away ; tabescere
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cwísan
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See cwysan (l. cwýsan) in Dict., where substitute for bracket: [v. N. E. D. quease], and add
teón-cwidian
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To reproach, abuse, revile, calumniate Teóncwidedon conviciebant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 58. Teóncwid[ed]on, 74, 33. Fore teáncuidendum ús pro calumpniantibus nobis, Rtl. 176, 33. Cf. hearm-cwidian
hearm-cwidian
To revile, calumniate, speak ill of
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To revile, calumniate, speak ill of Ongan hine hyspan and hearmcwiddigan [-cwidian, Cott.] he began to revile and speak ill of him, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 33
á-cwilman
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To kill Hí hine bysmorlíce ácwylmdon, oftorfedon mid bánum, Chr. 1012; P. 142, 22 note. Sélre ús ys ðæt wé ús sylfe ofsleán, ðonne hig ús yfelum deáðe ácwylmon, Hml. A. 185, 138. Hé hét Pilatum ðám fúlestan deáðe ácwylman, 190, 257. Titus and Vespasianus
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á-cwilmian
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To suffer Ðá ðá tó helle becumaþ, ne cumaþ hig nǽfre tó reste, ah ðár ácwylmiaþ mid sáule on ðám líchaman ǽfter dómes dæge, Wlfst. 220, 5. Sý hé betáht ðám deófle intó helle grunde and ðǽr ácwylmie, búte geswíce, C. D. iv. 107, 17
á-cwincan
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Add: of fire (lit. or fig.) Ðá candela ácwuncon, Hml. S. 35, 314. Ácwunce delitesceret (scintilla ), Angl. xiii. 365, 9. Ðæt leóhtfæt sceolde ácwyncan, Hml. S. 23, 810. of other things Ic ácwince fatesco, Hpt. Gl. 501, 21. Ácwincað fatescunt, i. deficiunt
ge-cwilman
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Take here ge-cwylman in Dict., and add Ge-cwylmdon secto, Germ. 400, 524. Heora líchaman sceoldon beón mid mislicum tintregum gecwilmede, Hml. Th. ii. 424, 18
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wiþer-cwiddian
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to murmur Ágén mé wiðercwyddedon ealle fýnd míne aduersum me murmurabant omnes inimici mei, Ps. L. 40, 8
be-cwiddian
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a-cwincan
To vanish ⬩ become extinguished ⬩ quenched ⬩ extingui ⬩ evanescere
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To vanish, become extinguished, quenched; extingui, evanescere Se móna acwanc the moon was extinguished, i. e. eclipsed. Chr. 1110; Ing. 331, 30
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hearm-cwiddian
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Ne hearmcwyddigan (calumpnientur) mé þá módigan, Ps. L. 118, 122. Þæt mé oferhýdige ne mótan hearmcwyddian, Ps. Th. 118, 122. Add
tó-cwilman
To afflict grievously, ⬩ torment
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To afflict grievously, torment Ða druncengeornan ná ðæt án ðæt hí on ðam tóweardan lífe mid écum tintregum tócwylmede synt, ac eác hý synt on ðisum andweardan lífe mid mænigfealdum untrumnyssum gewǽhte, Homl. Ass. 146, 56
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be-cwilman
to torment
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to torment Ne bið þǽr ansýn gesewen ǽnigre wihte bútan þára cwelra becwylmað (þe cwylmað?) ðá earman (cf. Wlfst. 139, 5: Búton þǽra deófla þe cwylmað þá earman), Dóm. L. 203
a-cwínan
To waste or dwindle away ⬩ decline ⬩ become extinct ⬩ tabescere
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To waste or dwindle away, decline, become extinct; tabescere Ðæt fýr acwán and adwæsced wæs the fire declined and was extinguished, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 29
ge-cwísan
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To crush Sumes þegnes cniht feóll fǽrlíce of his horse ... and swíðe wearð gecwýsed, ꝥ hí wéndon ꝥ hé þǽrrihte sceolde sweltan, Hml. S. 21, 325
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tó-cwísan
To shatter, ⬩ break to pieces, ⬩ crush, ⬩ bruise
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To shatter, break to pieces, crush, bruise Ic tócwýse quasso, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 137, 10. Ic tócwýse quatio, tócwýsde quassi, tócwýsed quassum, 28, 4; Zup. 169, 6. Ofer ðæne ðe hé fylþ hé tócwýst (comminuet), Lk. Skt. 20, 18. Tócwiésð, Ps. Lamb. 28,
á-cwínan
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Ácwínan tabescere, Ps. L. 38, 12. Add