cwalu
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kwalu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwɑ.lu/
Noun
cwalu f
- killing, violent death, slaughter
Declension
Declension of cwalu (strong ō-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cwalu | cwala, cwale |
| accusative | cwale | cwala, cwale |
| genitive | cwale | cwala |
| dative | cwale | cwalum |
Derived terms
- selfcwalu
Descendants
- Middle English: qual
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “cwalu”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.