Swylt-cwalu

Old English Dictionary Entry

Swylt-cwalu

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 swylt-cwalu

f. Death-pang, death, (1) of the death of the body:--3 QÐæs gástes síð æfter swyltcwale, Andr. Kmbl. 311; An. 156. (2) of the death of the soul:--Gif seó sáwl sceal mid deóflum drohtnoð habban . . . on swyltcwale and in sárum sorgum, Wulfst. 188, 4. Cf. deáþ-cwalu. swylt-cwalu

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᚣᛚᛏ-ᚳᚹᚪᛚᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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