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feorh-cwalu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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feorh-cwalu, ferh-cwalu, e; f.
Life-slaughter, death; vītæ cædes, mors
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  • Æfter feorhcwale

    after death,

    • Exon. 97 b
    • ;
    • Th. 364, 27
    • ;
    • Wal. 77.
  • He sóhte hú he sárlícast, þurh ða wyrrestan wítu, meahte feorhcwale findan

    he sought how he could invent a death most painfully, through the worst torments,

    • 74 a
    • ;
    • Th. 276, 28
    • ;
    • Jul. 573.
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v.  ferh-cwalu.
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  • feorh-cwalu, n.