Cear-wylm

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cear-wylm

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -welm, -wælm, es; Related words:

Definitions

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

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛠᚱ-ᚹᚣᛚᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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