- níðcwealm
- m (-es/-as) violent death, destruction
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
níðcwealm
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cwelm — see cwealm, cwielm … Old to modern English dictionary
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qualm — (n.) O.E. cwealm (W.Saxon) death, disaster, plague, utcualm (Anglian) utter destruction, related to cwellan to kill, cwelan to die (see QUELL (Cf. quell)). Sense softened to feeling of faintness 1520s; meaning uneasiness, doubt is from 1550s;… … Etymology dictionary
