Cwealm-cuma

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - cwealm-cuma

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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cwealm-cuma
m. [cuma, q. ] A deadly guest; advena cædem parans :-- Nolde eorla hleó ðone cwealmcuman cwicne forlǽtan the refuge of the earls would not leave the deadly guest living, Beo. Th. 1588; B. 792. cwealm-cuma

Related words: a comer, guest

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