Cwedol, cwidol

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cwedol, cwidol

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: hearm-, wearg-cwedol (-cwidol). cwidol,cwedol

Definitions

1 cwedol, cwidol

adj. Ready of speech, talkative, eloquent:--Dicax, i. facundus, qui verbis jocatur in quamlibet rem, vel cwedel, Wrt. Voc. ii. 140, 11. Quedol dicam (-x?), quedole, dicas, 106, 48, 49. Ne sý nán tó þæs cwidol wíf ne tó þæs cræftig man þæt áwendan ne mæge word þus gecwedene, Lch. i. 402, 13.

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚹᛖᛞᚩᛚ, ᚳᚹᛁᛞᚩᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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