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cweþ ðú

(v.; pronoun.)
Grammar
cweþ ðú, say thou, cweðe he let him say, cweðaþ, cweðe ge say ye, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 33, 39: Mt. Bos. 3, 9: Gen. 50, 19; impert.
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of cweðan

CWEÐAN

(v.)
Grammar
CWEÐAN, to cweðanne; part. cweðende ; ic cweðe, ðú cweðest, cweðst, cwæðst, cwiðst, cwyðst, cwíst, cwýst, he cweðeþ; cweþ, cwiþ, cwyþ, pl. cweðaþ ; p. ic, he cwæþ, ðú cwǽde , pl. cwǽdon; impert. ¨ cweþ, cweðe , pl. cweðaþ, cweðe; subj. cweðe, pl. cweðen; p. cwǽde, pl. cwǽden ; pp. cweden

To say, speak, call, proclaim ⬩ dicere, loqui, vocare, indicere

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Gr. pref; Som. 1, 39: 5; Som. 3, 27: 15; Som. 17, 36: 18; Som. 21, 26, 27, 29, 59, 61, 63. Ic cweðe aio, inquio, 33; Som. 37, 31, 37. Ðú cweðst ais, 33; Som. 37, 31: Ps. Lamb. 87, 11. Gif ðú cwæðst if thou sayest, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Som. 3, 7.

Linked entries: a-cweðan cwýst ðú

cweðs ðú lá

(v.; int.; pronoun.)
Grammar
cweðs ðú lá, = cwýst ðú'lá

O! sayest thou? numquid?

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O! sayest thou? numquid? Ps. Lamb. 7, 12

cweðst

Grammar
cweðst, sayest, speakest, Ps. Lamb. 87, 11;
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2nd pres. sing. of cweðan

cwic-ǽht

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-ǽht, cwyc-ǽht , e; f. [ǽht cattle]

Live stock, cattle ⬩ pecus

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Live stock, cattle ; pecus Gebéte on cwicǽhtum [cwyc- MS. B.] let amends be made in live stock, L. Alf. pol. 18 ; Th. i. 72, 12

Linked entries: ǽht cwyc-ǽht

cwice

(n.)
Grammar
cwice, an; f.

Quick-growing grass, couch-grass, quitch-grass ⬩ gramen

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Gl. 42 ; Som. 64, 24; Wrt. Voc. 31, 34. Genym ðysse wyrte leáf, ðe man gramen, and óðrum naman cwice nemneþ take leaves of this herb, which is named gramen, and by another name quitch, Herb. 79 ; Lchdm. i. 182, 8: Lchdm. iii. 12, 28: 16, 8.

cwic-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-feoh, gen. feós; n.

Living property, cattle ⬩ vivum munus, pecus, Som. Ben. Lye

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Living property, cattle ; vivum munus, pecus, Som. Ben. Lye

cwic-fýr

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-fýr, es; n.

Living fire, fire of brimstone, sulphur ⬩ ignis vivus, sulphur

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Living fire, fire of brimstone, sulphur ; ignis vivus, sulphur Gifeóll ðæt fýr and cwicfýr of heofne pluit ignem et sulphur de cælo, Lk. Skt. Rush. 17, 29

cwic-hrérende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
cwic-hrérende, part. [hréran to move]

Quick-moving? —Wilt ðú biddan ðé gesecge sídra gesceafta cræftas cwichrérende wilt thou desire that he tell thee the quick-moving powers of wide-spread creatures?

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—Wilt ðú biddan ðé gesecge sídra gesceafta cræftas cwichrérende wilt thou desire that he tell thee the quick-moving powers of wide-spread creatures? Exon. 92b; Th. 346, 28; Sch. 5

cwic-súsl

(n.)
Grammar
cwic-súsl, cwyc-súsl, es; n; e; f. [súsl sulphur, brimstone, torment, punishment] Living punishment, hell-torment; sempervivum tormentum, infernum, barathrum = βάραθρον
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On ðam cwicsúsle in hell-torment, 25; Thw. 13, 30: Exon. 16a; Th. 35, 21; Cri. 561: 97a; Th. 362, 18: Wal. 38. Of ðysse cwycsúsle from this hell-torment, Nicod. 30; Thw. 17, 28.

Linked entries: súsl cwyc-súsl

cwicu

(adj.)
Grammar
cwicu, cwico, cucu = cue; nom. acc. m. f. n; pl. nom. acc. m. f. n. cwicu, cwico, cucu; adj.

Alive, quick ⬩ vivus

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Alive, quick ; vivus Cwicu alive, nom. m. Ps. Th. 118, 93. Cwico wæs ic I was living, Exon. 125a; Th. 482, 1; Rä. 66, 1: Beo. Th. 6178; B. 3093. Cucu vivas, Wrt. Voc. 85, 56.

cwiddung

(n.)
Grammar
cwiddung, cwyddung ,e; f.

A saying, tale, report, speech ⬩ dictum, sermunculus

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A saying, tale, report, speech; dictum, sermunculus Manegra manna cwyddung is it is a saying of many men, Bd. de nat. rernm; Wrt. popl. science 10, 28; Lchdm. iii. 256, 4.

Linked entry: cwyddung

cwide-gied

(n.)
Grammar
cwide-gied, cwide-giedd, es; n. [gid, gied a song, lay]

A song, ballad ⬩ carmen

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A song, ballad ; carmen Fela cúþra cwidegiedda many [of] known songs, Exon. 77a. Th. 289, 28; Wand. 55

cwiert-ern

(n.)

a prison

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a prison Mt. Kmbl. B. 25, 36, 39

cwild-bǽrlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
cwild-bǽrlíce, adv.

Pestilentially, destructively ⬩ pestifere

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Pestilentially, destructively; pestifere Scint. 8

Linked entry: cwyld-bǽrlíce

cwiman

(v.)
Grammar
cwiman, to come; venire, the supposed infin. of cwom, q. v.

Linked entry: cwom

cwincan

(v.)
Grammar
cwincan, ic cwince, ðú cwincst, he cwincþ, pl. cwincaþ; p. cwanc, pl. cwuncon; pp. cwuncen

To disappear, vanish, decrease ⬩ evanescere, diminuere, deficere, Leo A. Sax. Gl. 209

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To disappear, vanish, decrease; evanescere, diminuere, deficere, Leo A. Sax. Gl. 209

cwis

(n.)
Grammar
cwis, cwiss,e; f. [cweðan to say, speak]

A saying, speaking ⬩ locutio

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A saying, speaking; locutio

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

cwuc

(adj.)
Grammar
cwuc, def. se cwuca

alive, quick

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alive, quick, Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 20

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