Feorh-cwalu

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ferh-cwalu, e;

feorh-cwalu

f. Life-slaughter, death; vītæ cædes, mors :-- Æfter feorhcwale after death, Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 27; Wal. 77. He sóhte hú he sárlícast, þurh ða wyrrestan wítu, meahte feorhcwale findan he sought how he could invent a death most painfully, through the worst torments, 74 a; Th. 276, 28; Jul. 573. feorh-cwalu