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cwician

(v.)
Grammar
cwician, cwycian, cucian; p.ode, ade; pp. od , ad [cwic alive, quick] .

To come to life, QUICKEN vīvĕre et spīrāre To make alive, OUICKENvivificare

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Smire mid ða sáran limu, hie cwiciaþ sóna smear the sore limbs therewith, they will soon quicken, L. M. 3, 47; Lchdm. ii. 338, 25. Se synfulla mid godcundre onbryrdnysse cucaþ the sinful quickens with divine stimulation, Homl.

Linked entries: cwycian cucian

cwician

(v.)
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Add: to become living Ealle treówa cuciað on lenctenes tíman, Hml. S. 12, 31. to become sensitive, recover feeling, power Gif wund on men ácólod sý . . . heó cwicaþ and wearmað, Lch. i. 194, 25. Wæs sum mǽden licgende on paralisin . . . ealle hire lima

ge-cwician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cwician, -cwycian; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud [cwician to quicken]

To quickencreatevivĭfĭcerecreāre

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To quicken, create; vivĭfĭcere, creāre Dó me æfter ðínum wordum wel gecwician vivĭfĭca me secundum verbum tuum, Ps. Th. 118, 25. Heortan clǽne gecwica in me God cor mundum crea in me Deus, Ps. Surt. 50, 12. Ðæt ðú me on rihtes rǽd gecwycige in æquĭtāte

ed-cwician

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Add:to ed-cucian Þú cwǽde ꝥ þú hæfdest tó ácwellene anweald and tó edcucigenne, Hml. S. 34, 329. Se edcukeda seóca aeger redivivus, Gr. D. 90, 7

ge-cwician

(v.)
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Add: in a physical sense Sume hé gecwicað mid oroðe. Gr. D. 268, 19. in a spiritual sense Ðá ðe hé wyl hé gicwicað, Jn. R. 5, 21. Gecwuca mé æfter ðínum wordum, Dryhten, Past. 465, 29

a-cwician

(v.)
Grammar
a-cwician, p. ode; pp. od

To quickenreviveto come to lifevivificarereviviscere

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To quicken, revive, to come to life; vivificare, reviviscere On ðínre mild-heortnesse me scealt acwician in misericordia tua vivifica me, Ps. Th. 118, 159. Ðá acwicode ic hwon then 1 revived a little, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 29

Linked entries: a-cucian a-cwucian

á-cwician

(v.)
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Add: intrans. to become lively Þurh his ( the west wind ) blǽd ácuciað ealle eorðlice blǽda, Lch. iii. 274, 20. Se Crístendóm ácucode, Hml. S. 29, 330. Se ðe on óðrum dagum sleac wǽre tó gódnesse, hé sceal on ðisum dagum ácucian on gódum biggengum, Hml

ed-cucian

(v.)
Grammar
ed-cucian, -cwician; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To re-quicken, revive reviviscĕre

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To re-quicken, revive; reviviscĕre, Greg. Dial. 1. 12, Lye

cwidian

(v.)
Grammar
cwidian, cwiddigan, cwydian , cwyddian; p. ode; pp. od [cwide, cwyde a saying]

o speak, say dicere

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o speak, sayT; dicere Ongan hine hyspan and hearm cwiddigan [cwidian, Cot.] he began to revile and speak ill of him, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 33

Linked entries: cwyddian cwydian

cwidian

(v.)
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Dele, and see cwiddian

cwilman

(v.)

to torture, kill

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to torture, kill Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 25

Linked entry: cwilmian

cwicclian

(v.)
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to totter (?) Cwiccliende (wiccliende, Hpt. Gl. 459, 6) nutabundum, An. Ox. 2234

Linked entry: wicclian

cwiddian

(v.)
Grammar
cwiddian, cweddian, cwydian (q. v. in Dict.); p. ode, ede
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To say Cwiddiaþ (cwyddiaþ, An. Ox. 1881) ł secgcað contendunt, dicunt, Hpt. Gl. 450, 70. Þá hí cweddiað (cwyddiaþ, An. Ox. 1953) quam dicunt, 452, 43. Cwedd(iað), cwyddiað ferunt, dicunt, 504, 60. Befrán hé hú woruldmenn be him cwyddedon . . . His apostoli

Linked entry: cweddian

cwilman

(v.)
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Add: to torment Ansýn þara cwelra þe cwylmað ðá earman tortorum facies, Dóm. L. 203: Wlfst. 139, 5. Ꝥ se draca mé má ne ceówe ne ne cwelme, Gr. D. 324, 27. Ic eom cwielmed on ðýs liége, Past. 309, 7. Cwylmed, Bl. H. 63, 6: Dóm L. 216. <b>I a.<

Linked entry: cwelman

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

cwilmian

(v.)
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See cwylmian in Dict., and add: intrans. To suffer torment Hí cwylmiað on écum fýre, Hml. Th. i. 132, 16, 22. Hé sceal beón cwylmiende mid deófle, Angl. viii. 337, 9. Ðá sceaðan ðágyt cwylmigende cuce hangodon, Hml. Th. ii. 260, 8: i. 334, 6. Hí wurdon

cwíþan

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Add: to lament Severus cwýþeð and mǽneþ his sáwle (hine bewépð and heófað, v. l.) Severus plangit, Gr. D. 89, 34. Ꝥ ic mæge míne synne cwíþan, Angl. xii. 508, 13. Hé wæs cwíþed fram þám ymbstandendum a circumstantibus plangeretur, Gr. D. 191, 19. Þonne

cwilman

Similar entry: tó-cwilman

cwíðan

(v.)
Grammar
cwíðan, cwýðan; he cwíðeþ; p. de; pp. ed

To speak or moan in grief, mourn, lament lamentāre, plangĕre

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To speak or moan in grief, mourn, lament ; lamentāre, plangĕre Wópe cwíðan with weeping to lament, Cd. 48; Th. 61, 13; Gen. 996. Ic sceolde ána míne ceare cwiðan I must alone mourn my care, Exon. 76b; Th. 287, 4; Wand. 9. We cwíðdon [MS. cwiðdun] lamentavimus

Linked entries: cwýðan un-cwíd

cwicen

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

Alive, quick vivus

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Alive, quick ; vivus Hwá cwicenne me on ðysum ealdre fréfrade who comforted me quick [living] in this life, Ps. Th. 118, 82. We ne mágon hátan deádne mon for cwucene we cannot call a dead man quick [living ], Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 20. Ðone cyning hí brohton

Linked entry: cwucen