Cwylla

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cwylla

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 cwylla

m. A well, spring; fons :-- Riht súþ be eástan ðam cwyllan óþ ða wýde strǽte right south by east of the spring as far as the wide road, Cod. Dipl. 409; A. D. 946; Kmbl. ii. 265, 32. [Ger. quelle, f. a spring, source, fountain.] cwylla

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ᚳᚹᚣᛚᛚᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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