cwicen
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
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
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
A wailing, lamentation ⬩ lamentum
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A wailing, lamentation ; lamentum Greg. Dial. 3. 15, 37
cwom
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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
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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
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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
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.
cwanc
disappeared
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disappeared ; p. of cwincan
cweoc
qwick, alive
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qwick, alive Symb. Athan. Lye
cwidu
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
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
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2nd pres. sing. of cweðan
cwiþ
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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