A-cwelan

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-cwelan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: he -cwilþ, Related words: n. To die, perish;

Definitions

1 a-cwelan

pl. -cwelaþ; p. -cwæl, pl. -cwǽlon; pp. -cwolen, -cwelen, mori :-- Ða fixas acwelaþ pisces morientur, Ex. 7, 18. Ofercumen biþ he ǽr he acwele he will be overcome ere he dies, Exon, 90b; Th. 340, 10; Gn. Ex. 114. Monige men hungre acwǽlon many men died of hunger, Chr. 918; Erl. 104,13. a-cwelan

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚳᚹᛖᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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