: 1) _to know, to be
acquainted
with_ (w.
Beowulf
þē þæt sēlre ge-cēos,
_choose thee the better_ (of two: bealonīð and ēce rǣdas), 1759; pret. hē
ūsic on herge gecēas tō þyssum siðfate, _selected us among the soldiers for
this undertaking_, 2639; gecēas ēcne rǣd, _chose the everlasting gain_,
i. e. died, 1202; similarly, godes lēoht gecēas, 2470; pret. part. acc. pl.
hæfde . . . cempan gecorone, 206.
on-cirran, w. v. , _to turn, to change_: inf. ne meahte . . . þæs wealdendes
[willan] wiht on-cirran, _could not change the will of the Almighty_, 2858;
pret. ufor oncirde, _turned higher_, 2952; þyder oncirde, _turned thither_,
2971.
ā-cīgan, w. v. , _to call hither_: pret. ācīgde of corðre cyninges þegnas
syfone, _called from the retinue of the king seven men_, 3122.
clam, clom, st. m. , f. n. ? _fetter_, figuratively of a strong gripe: dat.
pl. heardan clammum, 964; heardum clammum, 1336; atolan clommum (horrible
claws of the mother of Grendel), 1503.
clif, cleof, st. n. , _cliff, promontory_: acc. pl. Gēata clifu,
1912. --Comp. : brim-, ēg-, holm-, stān-clif.
ge-cnāwan, st. v. , _to know, to recognize_: inf. meaht þū, mīn wine, mēce
gecnāwan, _mayst thou, my friend, recognize the sword_, 2048.
on-cnāwan, _to recognize, to distinguish_: hordweard oncnīow mannes reorde,
_distinguished the speech of a man_, 2555.
cniht, st. m. , _boy, youth_: dat. pl. þyssum cnyhtum, _to these boys_
(Hrōðgār's sons), 1220.
cniht-wesende, prs. part. , _being a boy_ or _a youth_: acc. sg. ic hine
cūðe cniht-wesende, _knew him while still a boy_, 372; nom. pl. wit þæt
gecwǣdon cniht-wesende, _we both as young men said that_, 535.
cnyssan, w. v. , _to strike, to dash against each other_: pret. pl. þonne
. . . eoferas cnysedan, _when the bold warriors dashed against each other,
stormed_ (in battle), 1329.
collen-ferhð, -ferð, adj. , (properly, _of swollen mind_), _of uncommon
thoughts, in his way of thinking, standing higher than others,
high-minded_: nom. sg. cuma collen-ferhð, of Bēowulf, 1807; collen-ferð, of
Wīglāf, 2786.
corðer, st. n. , _troop, division of an army, retinue_: dat. sg. þā wæs . . .
Fin slægen, cyning on corðre, _then was Fin slain, the king in the troop_
(of warriors), 1154; of corðre cyninges, _out of the retinue of the king_,
3122.
costian, w. v. , _to try_; pret. (w. gen. ) hē mīn costode, _tried me_, 2085.
cofa, w. m. , _apartment, sleeping-room, couch_: in comp. bān-cofa.
cōl, adj. , _cool_: compar. cearwylmas cōlran wurðað, _the waves of sorrow
become cooler_, i. e. the mind becomes quiet, 282; him wīflufan . . . cōlran
weorðað, _his love for his wife cools_, 2067.
cræft, st. m. , _the condition of being able_, hence: 1) _physical
strength_: nom. sg. mægða cræft, 1284; acc. sg. mægenes cræft, 418; þurh
ānes cræft, 700; cræft and cēnðu, 2697; dat. (instr. ) sg. cræfte, 983,
1220, 2182, 2361. --2) _art, craft, skill_: dat. sg. as instr. dyrnum
cræfte, _with secret_ (magic) _art_, 2169; dyrnan cræfte, 2291; þēofes
cræfte, _with thief's craft_, 2221; dat. pl. dēofles cræftum, _by devil's
art_ (sorcery), 2089. --3) _great quantity_ (? ): acc. sg. wyrm-horda cræft,
2223. --Comp. : leoðo-, mægen-, nearo-, wīg-cræft.
cræftig, adj. : 1) _strong, stout_: nom. sg. eafoðes cræftig, 1467; nīða
cræftig, 1963. Comp. wīg-cræftig. --2) _adroit, skilful_: in comp.
lagu-cræftig. --3) _rich_ (of treasures); in comp. ēacen-cræftig.
cringan, st. v. , _to fall in combat, to fall with the writhing movement of
those mortally wounded_: pret. subj. on wæl crunge, _would sink into death,
would fall_, 636; pret. pl. for the pluperfect, sume on wæle crungon, 1114.
ge-cringan, same as above: pret. hē under rande gecranc, _fell under his
shield_, 1210; æt wīge gecrang, _fell in battle_, 1338; hēo on flet
gecrong, _fell to the ground_, 1569; in campe gecrong, _fell in single
combat_, 2506.
cuma (_he who comes_), w. m. , _newcomer, guest_: nom. sg. 1807. --Comp. :
cwealm-, wil-cuma.
cuman, st. v. , _to come_: pres. sg. II. gyf þū on weg cymest, _if thou
comest from there_, 1383; III. cymeð, 2059; pres. subj. sg. III. cume, 23;
pl. þonne wē ūt cymen, _when we come out_, 3107; inf. cuman, 244, 281,
1870; pret. sg. cōm, 430, 569, 826, 1134, 1507, 1601, etc. ; cwōm, 419,
2915; pret. subj. sg. cwōme, 732; pret. part. cumen, 376; pl. cumene, 361.
Often with the inf. of a verb of motion, as, cōm gongan, 711; cōm sīðian,
721; cōm in gān, 1645; cwōm gān, 1163; cōm scacan, 1803; cwōmon lǣdan, 239;
cwōmon sēcean, 268; cwōman scrīðan, 651, etc.
be-cuman, _to come, to approach, to arrive_: pret. syððan niht becōm,
_after the night had come_, 115; þē on þā lēode becōm, _that had come over
the people_, 192; þā hē tō hām becōm, 2993. And with inf. following: stefn
in becōm . . . hlynnan under hārne stān, 2553; lȳt eft becwōm . . . hāmes
nīosan, 2366; oð þæt ende becwōm, 1255; similarly, 2117. With acc. of
pers. : þā hyne sīo þrāg becwōm, _when this time of battle came over him_,
2884.
ofer-cuman, _to overcome, to compel_: pret. þȳ hē þone fēond ofercwōm,
_thereby he overcame the foe_, 1274: pl. hīe fēond heora . . . ofercōmon,
700; pret. part. (w. gen. ) nīða ofercumen, _compelled by combats_, 846.
cumbol, cumbor, st. m. , _banner_: gen. sg. cumbles hyrde, 2506. --Comp.
hilte-cumbor.
cund, adj. , _originating in, descended from_: in comp. feorran-cund.
cunnan, verb pret. pres.
: 1) _to know, to be acquainted with_ (w. acc. or
depend, clause): sg. pres. I. ic mīnne can glædne Hrōðulf þæt hē . . . wile,
_I know my gracious H. , that he will_. . . , 1181; II. eard gīt ne const,
_thou knowest not yet the land_, 1378; III. hē þæt wyrse ne con, _knows no
worse_, 1740. And reflexive: con him land geare, _knows the land well_,
2063; pl. men ne cunnon hwyder helrūnan scrīðað, _men do not know
whither_. . . , 162; pret. sg. ic hine cūðe, _knew him_, 372; cūðe hē duguð
þēaw, _knew the customs of the distinguished courtiers_, 359; so with the
acc. , 2013; seolfa ne cūðe þurh hwæt. . . , _he himself did not know through
what_. . . , 3068; pl. sorge ne cūðon, 119; so with the acc. , 180, 418, 1234.
With both (acc. and depend. clause): nō hīe fæder cunnon (scil. nō hīe
cunnon) hwæðer him ǣnig wæs ǣr ācenned dyrnra gāsta, 1356. --2) with inf.
following, _can, to be able_: prs. sg. him bebeorgan ne con, _cannot defend
himself_, 1747; prs. pl. men ne cunnon secgan, _cannot say_, 50; pret. sg.
cūðe reccan, 90; beorgan cūðe, 1446; pret. pl. herian ne cūðon, _could not
praise_, 182; pret. subj. healdan cūðe, 2373.
cunnian, w. v. , _to inquire into, to try_, w. gen. or acc. : inf. sund
cunnian (figurative for _roam over the sea_), 1427, 1445; geongne cempan
higes cunnian, _to try the young warrior's mind_, 2046; pret. eard cunnode,
_tried the home_, i. e. came to it, 1501; pl. wada cunnedon, _tried the
flood_, i. e. swam through the sea, 508.
cūð, adj. : 1) _known, well known; manifest, certain_: nom. sg. undyrne cūð,
150, 410; wīde cūð, 2924; acc. sg. fern. cūðe folme, 1304; cūðe strǣte,
1635; nom. pl. ecge cūðe, 1146; acc. pl. cūðe næssas, 1913. --2) _renowned_:
nom. sg. gūðum cūð, 2179; nom. pl. cystum cūðe, 868. --3) also, _friendly,
dear, good_ (see un-cūð). --Comp. : un-, wīd-cūð.
cūð-līce, adv. , _openly, publicly_: comp. nō hēr cūðlīcor cuman ongunnon
lind-hæbbende, _no shield-bearing men undertook more boldly to come hither_
(the coast-watchman means by this the secret landing of the Vikings), 244.
cwalu, st. f. , _murder, fall_: in comp. dēað-cwalu.
cweccan (_to make alive_, see cwic), w. v. , _to move, to swing_: pret.
cwehte mægen-wudu, _swung the wood of strength_ (= spear), 235.
cweðan, st. v. , _to say, to speak_: a) absolutely: prs. sg. III. cwið æt
bēore, _speaks at beer-drinking_, 2042. --b) w. acc. : pret. word æfter cwæð,
315; fēa worda cwæð, 2247, 2663. --c) with þæt following: pret. sg. cwæð,
92, 2159; pl. cwǣdon, 3182. --d) with þæt omitted: pret. cwæð hē gūð-cyning
sēcean wolde, _said he would seek out the war-king_, 199; similarly, 1811,
2940.
ā-cweðan, _to say, to speak_, w. acc. : prs. þæt word ācwyð, _speaks the
word_, 2047; pret. þæt word ācwæð, 655.
ge-cweðan, _to say, to speak_: a) absolutely: pret. sg. II. swā þū gecwǣde,
2665. --b)w. acc. : pret. wēl-hwylc gecwæð, _spoke everything_, 875; pl. wit
þæt gecwǣdon, 535. --c) w. þæt following: pret. gecwæð, 858, 988.
cwellan, w. v. , (_to make die_), _to kill, to murder_: pret. sg. II. þū
Grendel cwealdest, 1335.
ā-cwellan, _to kill_: pret. sg. (hē) wyrm ācwealde, 887; þone þe Grendel ǣr
māne ācwealde, _whom Grendel had before wickedly murdered_, 1056; beorn
ācwealde, 2122.
cwēn, st. f. : 1) _wife, consort_ (of noble birth): nom. sg. cwēn, 62;
(Hrōðgār's), 614, 924; (Finn's), 1154. --2) particularly denoting the queen:
nom. sg. bēaghroden cwēn (Wealhþēow), 624; mǣru cwēn, 2017; fremu folces
cwēn (Þrȳðo), 1933; acc. sg. cwēn (Wealhþēow), 666. -Comp. folc-cwēn.
cwēn-līc, adj. , _feminine, womanly_: nom. sg. ne bið swylc cwēnlīc þēaw
(_such is not the custom of women, does not become a woman_), 1941.
cwealm, st. m. , _violent death, murder, destruction_: acc. sg. þone cwealm
gewræc, _avenged the death_ (of Abel by Cain), 107; mǣndon mondryhtnes
cwealm, _lamented the ruler's fall_, 3150. --Comp. : bealo-, dēað-,
gār-cwealm.
cwealm-bealu, st. n. , _the evil of murder_: acc. sg. , 1941.
cwealm-cuma, w. m. , _one coming for murder, a new-comer who contemplates
murder_: acc. sg. þone cwealm-cuman (of Grendel), 793.
cwic and cwico, adj. , _quick, having life, alive_: acc. sg. cwicne, 793,
2786; gen. sg. āht cwices, _something living_, 2315; nom. pl. cwice, 98;
cwico wæs þā gēna, _was still alive_, 3094.
cwide, st. m. , _word, speech, saying_: in comp. gegn-, gilp-, hlēo-,
word-cwide.
cwīðan, st. v. , _to complain, to lament_: inf. w. acc. ongan . . . gioguðe
cwīðan hilde-strengo, _began to lament the_ (departed) _battle-strength of
his youth_, 2113 [ceare] cwīðan, _lament their cares_, 3173.
cyme, st. m. , _coming, arrival_: nom. pl. hwanan ēowre cyme syndon, _whence
your coming is_, i. e. whence ye are, 257. --Comp. eft-cyme.
cȳmlīce, adv. , (convenienter), _splendidly, grandly_: comp. cȳmlīcor, 38.
cyn, st. n. , _race_, both in the general sense, and denoting noble lineage:
nom.
_choose thee the better_ (of two: bealonīð and ēce rǣdas), 1759; pret. hē
ūsic on herge gecēas tō þyssum siðfate, _selected us among the soldiers for
this undertaking_, 2639; gecēas ēcne rǣd, _chose the everlasting gain_,
i. e. died, 1202; similarly, godes lēoht gecēas, 2470; pret. part. acc. pl.
hæfde . . . cempan gecorone, 206.
on-cirran, w. v. , _to turn, to change_: inf. ne meahte . . . þæs wealdendes
[willan] wiht on-cirran, _could not change the will of the Almighty_, 2858;
pret. ufor oncirde, _turned higher_, 2952; þyder oncirde, _turned thither_,
2971.
ā-cīgan, w. v. , _to call hither_: pret. ācīgde of corðre cyninges þegnas
syfone, _called from the retinue of the king seven men_, 3122.
clam, clom, st. m. , f. n. ? _fetter_, figuratively of a strong gripe: dat.
pl. heardan clammum, 964; heardum clammum, 1336; atolan clommum (horrible
claws of the mother of Grendel), 1503.
clif, cleof, st. n. , _cliff, promontory_: acc. pl. Gēata clifu,
1912. --Comp. : brim-, ēg-, holm-, stān-clif.
ge-cnāwan, st. v. , _to know, to recognize_: inf. meaht þū, mīn wine, mēce
gecnāwan, _mayst thou, my friend, recognize the sword_, 2048.
on-cnāwan, _to recognize, to distinguish_: hordweard oncnīow mannes reorde,
_distinguished the speech of a man_, 2555.
cniht, st. m. , _boy, youth_: dat. pl. þyssum cnyhtum, _to these boys_
(Hrōðgār's sons), 1220.
cniht-wesende, prs. part. , _being a boy_ or _a youth_: acc. sg. ic hine
cūðe cniht-wesende, _knew him while still a boy_, 372; nom. pl. wit þæt
gecwǣdon cniht-wesende, _we both as young men said that_, 535.
cnyssan, w. v. , _to strike, to dash against each other_: pret. pl. þonne
. . . eoferas cnysedan, _when the bold warriors dashed against each other,
stormed_ (in battle), 1329.
collen-ferhð, -ferð, adj. , (properly, _of swollen mind_), _of uncommon
thoughts, in his way of thinking, standing higher than others,
high-minded_: nom. sg. cuma collen-ferhð, of Bēowulf, 1807; collen-ferð, of
Wīglāf, 2786.
corðer, st. n. , _troop, division of an army, retinue_: dat. sg. þā wæs . . .
Fin slægen, cyning on corðre, _then was Fin slain, the king in the troop_
(of warriors), 1154; of corðre cyninges, _out of the retinue of the king_,
3122.
costian, w. v. , _to try_; pret. (w. gen. ) hē mīn costode, _tried me_, 2085.
cofa, w. m. , _apartment, sleeping-room, couch_: in comp. bān-cofa.
cōl, adj. , _cool_: compar. cearwylmas cōlran wurðað, _the waves of sorrow
become cooler_, i. e. the mind becomes quiet, 282; him wīflufan . . . cōlran
weorðað, _his love for his wife cools_, 2067.
cræft, st. m. , _the condition of being able_, hence: 1) _physical
strength_: nom. sg. mægða cræft, 1284; acc. sg. mægenes cræft, 418; þurh
ānes cræft, 700; cræft and cēnðu, 2697; dat. (instr. ) sg. cræfte, 983,
1220, 2182, 2361. --2) _art, craft, skill_: dat. sg. as instr. dyrnum
cræfte, _with secret_ (magic) _art_, 2169; dyrnan cræfte, 2291; þēofes
cræfte, _with thief's craft_, 2221; dat. pl. dēofles cræftum, _by devil's
art_ (sorcery), 2089. --3) _great quantity_ (? ): acc. sg. wyrm-horda cræft,
2223. --Comp. : leoðo-, mægen-, nearo-, wīg-cræft.
cræftig, adj. : 1) _strong, stout_: nom. sg. eafoðes cræftig, 1467; nīða
cræftig, 1963. Comp. wīg-cræftig. --2) _adroit, skilful_: in comp.
lagu-cræftig. --3) _rich_ (of treasures); in comp. ēacen-cræftig.
cringan, st. v. , _to fall in combat, to fall with the writhing movement of
those mortally wounded_: pret. subj. on wæl crunge, _would sink into death,
would fall_, 636; pret. pl. for the pluperfect, sume on wæle crungon, 1114.
ge-cringan, same as above: pret. hē under rande gecranc, _fell under his
shield_, 1210; æt wīge gecrang, _fell in battle_, 1338; hēo on flet
gecrong, _fell to the ground_, 1569; in campe gecrong, _fell in single
combat_, 2506.
cuma (_he who comes_), w. m. , _newcomer, guest_: nom. sg. 1807. --Comp. :
cwealm-, wil-cuma.
cuman, st. v. , _to come_: pres. sg. II. gyf þū on weg cymest, _if thou
comest from there_, 1383; III. cymeð, 2059; pres. subj. sg. III. cume, 23;
pl. þonne wē ūt cymen, _when we come out_, 3107; inf. cuman, 244, 281,
1870; pret. sg. cōm, 430, 569, 826, 1134, 1507, 1601, etc. ; cwōm, 419,
2915; pret. subj. sg. cwōme, 732; pret. part. cumen, 376; pl. cumene, 361.
Often with the inf. of a verb of motion, as, cōm gongan, 711; cōm sīðian,
721; cōm in gān, 1645; cwōm gān, 1163; cōm scacan, 1803; cwōmon lǣdan, 239;
cwōmon sēcean, 268; cwōman scrīðan, 651, etc.
be-cuman, _to come, to approach, to arrive_: pret. syððan niht becōm,
_after the night had come_, 115; þē on þā lēode becōm, _that had come over
the people_, 192; þā hē tō hām becōm, 2993. And with inf. following: stefn
in becōm . . . hlynnan under hārne stān, 2553; lȳt eft becwōm . . . hāmes
nīosan, 2366; oð þæt ende becwōm, 1255; similarly, 2117. With acc. of
pers. : þā hyne sīo þrāg becwōm, _when this time of battle came over him_,
2884.
ofer-cuman, _to overcome, to compel_: pret. þȳ hē þone fēond ofercwōm,
_thereby he overcame the foe_, 1274: pl. hīe fēond heora . . . ofercōmon,
700; pret. part. (w. gen. ) nīða ofercumen, _compelled by combats_, 846.
cumbol, cumbor, st. m. , _banner_: gen. sg. cumbles hyrde, 2506. --Comp.
hilte-cumbor.
cund, adj. , _originating in, descended from_: in comp. feorran-cund.
cunnan, verb pret. pres.
: 1) _to know, to be acquainted with_ (w. acc. or
depend, clause): sg. pres. I. ic mīnne can glædne Hrōðulf þæt hē . . . wile,
_I know my gracious H. , that he will_. . . , 1181; II. eard gīt ne const,
_thou knowest not yet the land_, 1378; III. hē þæt wyrse ne con, _knows no
worse_, 1740. And reflexive: con him land geare, _knows the land well_,
2063; pl. men ne cunnon hwyder helrūnan scrīðað, _men do not know
whither_. . . , 162; pret. sg. ic hine cūðe, _knew him_, 372; cūðe hē duguð
þēaw, _knew the customs of the distinguished courtiers_, 359; so with the
acc. , 2013; seolfa ne cūðe þurh hwæt. . . , _he himself did not know through
what_. . . , 3068; pl. sorge ne cūðon, 119; so with the acc. , 180, 418, 1234.
With both (acc. and depend. clause): nō hīe fæder cunnon (scil. nō hīe
cunnon) hwæðer him ǣnig wæs ǣr ācenned dyrnra gāsta, 1356. --2) with inf.
following, _can, to be able_: prs. sg. him bebeorgan ne con, _cannot defend
himself_, 1747; prs. pl. men ne cunnon secgan, _cannot say_, 50; pret. sg.
cūðe reccan, 90; beorgan cūðe, 1446; pret. pl. herian ne cūðon, _could not
praise_, 182; pret. subj. healdan cūðe, 2373.
cunnian, w. v. , _to inquire into, to try_, w. gen. or acc. : inf. sund
cunnian (figurative for _roam over the sea_), 1427, 1445; geongne cempan
higes cunnian, _to try the young warrior's mind_, 2046; pret. eard cunnode,
_tried the home_, i. e. came to it, 1501; pl. wada cunnedon, _tried the
flood_, i. e. swam through the sea, 508.
cūð, adj. : 1) _known, well known; manifest, certain_: nom. sg. undyrne cūð,
150, 410; wīde cūð, 2924; acc. sg. fern. cūðe folme, 1304; cūðe strǣte,
1635; nom. pl. ecge cūðe, 1146; acc. pl. cūðe næssas, 1913. --2) _renowned_:
nom. sg. gūðum cūð, 2179; nom. pl. cystum cūðe, 868. --3) also, _friendly,
dear, good_ (see un-cūð). --Comp. : un-, wīd-cūð.
cūð-līce, adv. , _openly, publicly_: comp. nō hēr cūðlīcor cuman ongunnon
lind-hæbbende, _no shield-bearing men undertook more boldly to come hither_
(the coast-watchman means by this the secret landing of the Vikings), 244.
cwalu, st. f. , _murder, fall_: in comp. dēað-cwalu.
cweccan (_to make alive_, see cwic), w. v. , _to move, to swing_: pret.
cwehte mægen-wudu, _swung the wood of strength_ (= spear), 235.
cweðan, st. v. , _to say, to speak_: a) absolutely: prs. sg. III. cwið æt
bēore, _speaks at beer-drinking_, 2042. --b) w. acc. : pret. word æfter cwæð,
315; fēa worda cwæð, 2247, 2663. --c) with þæt following: pret. sg. cwæð,
92, 2159; pl. cwǣdon, 3182. --d) with þæt omitted: pret. cwæð hē gūð-cyning
sēcean wolde, _said he would seek out the war-king_, 199; similarly, 1811,
2940.
ā-cweðan, _to say, to speak_, w. acc. : prs. þæt word ācwyð, _speaks the
word_, 2047; pret. þæt word ācwæð, 655.
ge-cweðan, _to say, to speak_: a) absolutely: pret. sg. II. swā þū gecwǣde,
2665. --b)w. acc. : pret. wēl-hwylc gecwæð, _spoke everything_, 875; pl. wit
þæt gecwǣdon, 535. --c) w. þæt following: pret. gecwæð, 858, 988.
cwellan, w. v. , (_to make die_), _to kill, to murder_: pret. sg. II. þū
Grendel cwealdest, 1335.
ā-cwellan, _to kill_: pret. sg. (hē) wyrm ācwealde, 887; þone þe Grendel ǣr
māne ācwealde, _whom Grendel had before wickedly murdered_, 1056; beorn
ācwealde, 2122.
cwēn, st. f. : 1) _wife, consort_ (of noble birth): nom. sg. cwēn, 62;
(Hrōðgār's), 614, 924; (Finn's), 1154. --2) particularly denoting the queen:
nom. sg. bēaghroden cwēn (Wealhþēow), 624; mǣru cwēn, 2017; fremu folces
cwēn (Þrȳðo), 1933; acc. sg. cwēn (Wealhþēow), 666. -Comp. folc-cwēn.
cwēn-līc, adj. , _feminine, womanly_: nom. sg. ne bið swylc cwēnlīc þēaw
(_such is not the custom of women, does not become a woman_), 1941.
cwealm, st. m. , _violent death, murder, destruction_: acc. sg. þone cwealm
gewræc, _avenged the death_ (of Abel by Cain), 107; mǣndon mondryhtnes
cwealm, _lamented the ruler's fall_, 3150. --Comp. : bealo-, dēað-,
gār-cwealm.
cwealm-bealu, st. n. , _the evil of murder_: acc. sg. , 1941.
cwealm-cuma, w. m. , _one coming for murder, a new-comer who contemplates
murder_: acc. sg. þone cwealm-cuman (of Grendel), 793.
cwic and cwico, adj. , _quick, having life, alive_: acc. sg. cwicne, 793,
2786; gen. sg. āht cwices, _something living_, 2315; nom. pl. cwice, 98;
cwico wæs þā gēna, _was still alive_, 3094.
cwide, st. m. , _word, speech, saying_: in comp. gegn-, gilp-, hlēo-,
word-cwide.
cwīðan, st. v. , _to complain, to lament_: inf. w. acc. ongan . . . gioguðe
cwīðan hilde-strengo, _began to lament the_ (departed) _battle-strength of
his youth_, 2113 [ceare] cwīðan, _lament their cares_, 3173.
cyme, st. m. , _coming, arrival_: nom. pl. hwanan ēowre cyme syndon, _whence
your coming is_, i. e. whence ye are, 257. --Comp. eft-cyme.
cȳmlīce, adv. , (convenienter), _splendidly, grandly_: comp. cȳmlīcor, 38.
cyn, st. n. , _race_, both in the general sense, and denoting noble lineage:
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