Cwealmnes

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - cwealmnes

According to the Old English Dictionary:

cwylmnes, -ness, -nyss, e;

cwealmnes
f. Torment, pain, anguish; cruciatus :-- Ða wǽron missenlícum cwealmnyssum þréste qui diversis cruciatibus torti, Bd. 1, 7; S. 479, 13. Fram swá myclum cwylmnessum a tamque diutinis cruciatibus, 4, 9; S. 577, 10. cwealmnes
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