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cwacian

(v.)
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Ðonne þú pipor habban wille, þonne cwoca þú mid þínum scytefinger ofer óþerne, Tech. ii. 123, 14. Gif sino clæppette and cwacige, Lch. ii. 6, 15. Eal hit bið bifiende and cwaeiende, Wlfst. 26, 1. Cwacende (cuaciende, L.) tremens, Lk. R. 8, 47. Cuacende

cwacian

(v.)

Similar entry: un-cwaciende

CWACIAN

(v.)
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CWACIAN, cwacigan; part. cwaciende, cwacigende ; p,ode; pp. od

QUAKE, shake, trembletremere, contremere

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Ða téþ cwaciaþ on swíðlícum cýle their teeth shall quake in the intense cold, Homl. Th. i. 132, 27: 530, 35. Ic cwacode eal on fefore I quaked all in a fever, ii. 312, 19. Cwacode eorþe contremuit terra, Ps. Spl. C. 17, 9.

á-cwacian

(v.)
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á-cwacian, p. ode
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To quake, tremble Ácwacode seó eorðe contremuit terra, Ps. Th. 17, 7. Eall se líchama ðæs cnihtes ácwacode ( contremuit ), Gr. D. 166, 12

Linked entry: cwacian

CWÁNIAN

(v.)
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CWÁNIAN, part. cwániende; p. ode, ede ; pp. od , ed

To bewail, deplore, lament, mourn plorare, deplorare, queri, lugere

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To bewail, deplore, lament, mourn ; plorare, deplorare, queri, lugere . v. trans Sum sceal, leómena leás, sár cwánian one, void of light, shall bewail his pain, Exon. 87b; Th. 328, 18; Vy. 19: 73b; Th. 274, 23; Jul. 537. v. intrans Cwániendra cirm the

Linked entry: mód-c-wánig

cwánian

(v.)
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cwǽman

(v.)

to please

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to please Som. Ben. Lye

weá-cwánian

(v.)
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weá-cwánian, p. ode

To lament, wail

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To lament, wail Deófla weácwánedon mán and moiður. Cd. Th. 284, 12; Sat. 320

Linked entry: cwánian

blácian

(v.)
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Ðá ongan hé cwacian and blácian (pallescere) and swǽtan, Gr. D. 325, 31: Hml. Th. i. 414, 12. Blácigende pallens, Hy. S. 24, 9. Add

tealtian

(v.)
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Hé ongann tó þám swýðe cwacian and mid fótum tealtian ꝥ hé uneáðe hine sylfne áberan mihte coepit se ipsum nutanti gressu vix posse portare, Gr. D. 36, 20. Add

heóflan

(v.)
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Add: absolute In þám dæge heofene and eorðe cwaciað and heófiað and ealle þá ðing þe on him syndon in quo omnis creatura congemescit. Wlfst. 182, 9. Eádige beóð ðá þe heófiað beati qui lugent, Hml. Th. i. 550, 27.

tíran

(v.)
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tíran, p. de

To run with tears,to water (of the eyes)

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Ðǽr biþ wóp and tóða gebitt, for ðan ðe ða eágan týraþ on ðam micclum bryne, and ða téð cwaciaþ on swíðlícum cyle, Homl. Th. i. 132, 26. Wiþ ðon ðe eágan týren (cf. wið eallum tiédernessum eágena, 2, 6), Lchdm. ii. 32, 28.

Linked entries: teherian týran

á-beran

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. :-- Hé ongann tó ðám swýðe cwacian and mid fótum tealtian, ðæt hé uneáðe hine sylfne áberan mihte coepit tremere, seque ipsum nutanti gressu vix posse portare . Gr. D. 36, 21. to bring forth, to bear a child Ðæt bearn ðe ábær úrne Hǽlend, Hml.

swíþ-líc

(adj.)
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swíþ-líc, adj.
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Ða téð cwaciaþ on swíðlícum cyle, Homl. Th. i. 132, 27. Ðonne hé on sumura for swíðlícre hǽtan geteorud byþ, Lchdm. i. 226, 22. Ðeós wyrt is háttre gecynde and swýðlícre, 236, 11. Strang tó swíðlícum drencum, Homl. Th. ii. 322, 15.

heofone

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, Angl. vii. 38, 357. the region beyond the visible sky (the combination heaven and earth denotes the universe) In þám dæge heofene and eorðe cwaciað. Wlfst. 182, 9.