ne bið swylc
cwēnlīc
þēaw
(_such is not the custom of women, does not become a woman_), 1941.
Beowulf
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.
