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cwén

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Wright's OE grammar
§5; §47; §122; §163; §263; §285; §310; §389; §390;
For cwéne (wk.) l. cwene, q. v. , and add:
a woman
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  • Cwéna geligr

    adulterium,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 33.
a queen
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  • 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. III a. a king's wife :-- Þǽs cyninges nama wæs Eilippus, and his quéne noma wæs Eufenisse, Shrn. 131, 31. III b.

    a king's daughter

    :-- Þæs cynges dohtor cwæð: 'Ic gife þé . . .' Ðis weará þus gedón æfter þǽre cwéne hǽse . . . þá men ealle grétton þone cyngc and ðá cwéne . . . Apollonius cwæð: 'Ðú góda cyngc . . . and þú cwén.' Hé cwæð: 'Nimað þás þing þe mé seó cwén forgeaf,'
      Ap. Th. 17, 16—18, 15.
  • v. port-, rihtæþel-cwén.
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