A-cwínan:

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

a-cwínan:

p. -cwán, pl. -cwinon; pp. -cwinen To waste or dwindle away, decline, become extinct; tabescere :-- Ðæt fýr acwán and adwæsced wæs the fire declined and was extinguished, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 29. a-cwinan