Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

cwelman

  • verb [ weak ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
cwelman, cwylman, cwilman; part. -ende; p. de; pp. ed [cwealm, cwelm death, destruction, torment]
Wright's OE grammar
§530; §643;
To torture, torment, destroy, kill; trucidare, cruciare
Show examples
  • Cwelmende fýr

    destroying fires,

    • Exon. 22a
    • ;
    • Th. 59, 28
    • ;
    • Cri. 959
    • .
  • He wæs ðæt folc cwilmende

    he tortured the people,

    • Ors. 1, 12
    • ;
    • Bos. 36,
    • 25.
  • He eorþ-cyningas yrmde and cwelmde

    he oppressed and slew the kings of the earth,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 9, 94
    • ;
    • Met. 9,
    • 47.
  • Mæssepreóstas wǽron cwylmde

    sacerdotes trucidabantur,

    • Bd. 1, 15
    • ;
    • S. 484, 1: 4, 13
    • ;
    • S. 582, note 29
    • .
  • Hí hálge cwelmdon

    they slew the holy,

    • Exon. 66a
    • ;
    • Th. 243, 24
    • ;
    • Jul. 15
    • .
  • Ðæt hí cwylmen rihte heortan

    ut trucident rectos corde,

    • Ps. Spl. 36,
    • 15.
  • Ðú hungre scealt cwylmed weorþan

    thou shalt be put to death with hunger,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1373
    • ;
    • El. 688
    • .
Etymology
[
0. Sax. quelmian to kill .
]
Derived forms
ge-cwelman , ge-cwylman
Linked entries
v.  cwilman cwylman cwylmende.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • cwelman, v.