Ge-cwylman

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-cwylman

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-cwylman
p. de; pp. ed [cwelman, cwylman to torment] To afflict, torment, punish, destroy, kill; pūnīre, trucīdāre, mortĭfĭcāre :-- Ná ðæt án me, ac eác swylce míne geféran mid ánum slege he mæg gecwylman non sōlum me, sed etiam meos sŏcios ūno ictu pŏlĕrat mortĭfĭcāre, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 33. Ðæt hí gecwylmen rihte heortan ut trucident rectos corde, Ps. Spl. C. 36, 15. Ðæt he byþ gecwylmed ut pūniētur, Ps. Lamb. 36, 13. Mid ormǽtre angsumnysse gecwylmed afflicted with excessive pain, Homl. Th. i. 88, 6. ge-cwylman
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