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cwicen

(adj.)
Grammar
cwicen, cwucen , cucen , cucon , cucun ; adj. [cwic alive, -en adj. termination]

Alive, quick vivus

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D: cwicne G.] swá deádne let them seize him whether alive or dead, L. Edg. ii. 7; Th. i. 268, 18. Ðæt he Wulfnóþ cuconne oððe deádne begytan sceolde that he should take Wulfnoth alive or dead, Chr. 1009 ; Erl. 142, 3.

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cwide

(n.)
Grammar
cwide, cwyde , cwyðe,es; m.

the expression of a thought, a sentence, period sententia a saying, proverb, speech, discourse, sermon, will dictum, dictio, sermo, homilia, testamentum a legal enactment, decree edictum, deretum

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Gr. 2 ; Som. 2, 37-41. a saying, proverb, speech, discourse, sermon, will; dictum, dictio, sermo, homilia, testamentum Eówer cwide stande may your saying stand, Jos. 2, 21. Singende ðone ealdan cwide singing the old adage, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 29.

CWÉN

(n.)
Grammar
CWÉN, gen. dat. cwéne; acc. cwén, cwénn, cwéne; pl. nom. acc. cwéne, cwéna; gen. cwéna; dat. cwénum; f: cwéne, cwýne; gen. dat. acc. cwénan, cwýnan; pl. nom. acc. cwénan; gen. cwénena; dat. cwénum; f.

a woman femina a wife uxor a king's or emperor's wife, a QUEEN, empress regina, imperatrix, augusta

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Gif man mid esnes cwýnan geligeþ, be cwicum ceorle, ii gebéte if a man lie with an 'esne's' wife, her husband, still living, let him make twofold amends, L.

cwíð-nes

(n.)
Grammar
cwíð-nes, cwíð-ness,e; f.

A wailing, lamentation lamentum

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A wailing, lamentation ; lamentum Greg. Dial. 3. 15, 37

cwom

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwom, pl. cwómon came; venit, venerunt; have the same meanings as the contracted forms com, pl. cómon, p. of cuman , q. v. The p. indic., pl. cwómon,-an, -un; p. subj.
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Ðá hleóðor cwom when the sound came, Cd. 181; Th. 226, 29; Dan. 178. Ðá ðú ǽrest cwóme when thou first camest, Exon. 39a; Th. 129, 25; Gú. 426. Hwonne bearn Godes cwóme when the child of God should have come, 10a; Th. 10, 6; Cri. 148. To Hierasalem cwómon

cwiþ

Grammar
cwiþ, cwiþa.
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Cwiþ matrix, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 41: i. 45, 23. Quitha, ii. 55, 55. Wið cwiþan sáre, Lch. i. 152, 17. Cwiðan matrice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 67. Wiþ wífes cwiþan tó feormienne, Lch. i. 54, 15. Add

cwide

Grammar
cwide, <b>; IV.</b>
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Add Þá geceás hé Laurentium ... and hé þurhwunode in his cwide ( sententia ), Gr. D. 329, 18. an agreement Hé ná tó him hwearf æfter heora cwyde (gecwide, v.l. condictum ) ... wæs hé gemyndig heora cwydes, Bd. 4, 25; Sch. 329, 18

cwid-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
cwid-bóc, e; f.

The Book of Proverbs proverbiorum liber

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The Book of Proverbs; proverbiorum liber Be ðæm is awriten on Salomonnes cwidbócum about which it is written in the Proverbs of Solomon, Past. 36, 8; Cot. MS

cwide

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Add: a saying, words Se cwide Dauides þe hé cwæð, Bl. H. 139, 27. Drihten is gemyndig þæs his cwides þe hé gecwæð . . . and hé wolde þone cwide getrymman on þǽre godcundan dǽde, 215, 24.

cwicen

(adj.)

Similar entry: CWIC

-cwed

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-cwed

cwanc

(v.)
Grammar
cwanc, pl.cwuncon

disappeared

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disappeared ; p. of cwincan

cweoc

(adj.)

qwick, alive

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qwick, alive Symb. Athan. Lye

cwidu

(n.)

what is chewed, a cud,QUID,

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what is chewed, a cud,QUID,, L. M. 2, 3; Lchdm. ii. 182, 3: 2. 4 ; Lchdm. ii. 182, 17

cwild

(n.)

a plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction

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a plague, pestilence, murrain, destruction Wrt. Voc. 75, 54: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 27; Som. 11, 25: Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 31: Ps. Spl. C. 28, 9: 31, 8

cwíst

Grammar
cwíst, sayest, speakest, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 13: Ps. Th. 87, 12, = cweðst;
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2nd pres. sing. of cweðan

cwiþ

Grammar
cwiþ, saith, speaks, Exon. 14a; Th. 28, 28; Cri. 453: 30a; Th. 92, 35; Cri. 1519, = cweðeþ;
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3rd pres. sing, of cweðan

cwida

Similar entry: wiþer-cwida

cwild

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Cwyld clades, pestes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 60. Cuild ł cualm valitudo, Rtl. 146, 35. Fǽrlic cwyld clades, Dóm. L. 258. Cwyldes pestilentiae, i. necis, An. Ox. 2787. Cwilde internicionis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 72. Cwilde flód diluvium, Ps. Srt. 28, 10. Ic ofsleá

cwén

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For cwéne (wk.) l. cwene, q. v. and add: a woman Cwéna geligr adulterium, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 33. a queen Ealra fǽmnena cwén, Bl. H. 105, 17. Coen (cwoen, R.) súðdǽles regina austri, Lk. L. 11, 31. Ðió cuoen reginam, p. 7, 8. Cuoeno reginae, Rtl. 68, 41