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Old English Dictionary Entry

Cear-wylm

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1 cear-wylm

m. [wylm heat of mind, emotion] Sorrowful or anxious emotion, agitation; sollicita perturbatio, agitatio :-- Ða cearwylmas cólran wurþaþ the anxious emotions become cooler, Beo. Th. 569; B. 282. Á wæs sæc cnyssed cearwelmum the contest was ever tossed with waves of sorrow, Elen. Kmbl. 2513; El. 1258. Æfter cear-wælmum after anxious emotions, Beo. Th. 4138; B. 2066. cear-wylm
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛠᚱ-ᚹᚣᛚᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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