[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].
[cûð], adj.: 1) known, well known; manifest, certain: nom. sg. undyrne cûð, [150], [410]; wîde cûð, [2924]; acc. sg. fern. cûðe folme, [1304]; cûðe stræte, [1635]; nom. pl. ecge cûðe, [1146]; acc. pl. cûðe nässas, [1913].—2) renowned: nom. sg. gûðum cûð, [2179]; nom. pl. cystum cûðe, [868].—3) also, friendly, dear, good (see [un-cûð]).—Comp.: un-, wîd-cûð.
[cûð-lîce], adv., openly, publicly: comp. nô her cûðlîcor cuman ongunnon lind-häbbende, 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. deáð-cwalu.
[cweccan] (to make alive, see [cwic]), w. v., to move, to swing: pret. cwehte mägen-wudu, swung the wood of strength (= spear), [235].
[cweðan], st. v., to say, to speak: a) absolutely: prs. sg. III. cwið ät beóre, speaks at beer-drinking, [2042].—b) w. acc.: pret. word äfter cwäð, [315]; feá worda cwäð, [2247], [2663].—c) with þät following: pret. sg. cwäð, [92], [2159]; pl. cwædon, [3182].—d) with þät omitted: pret. cwäð he gûð-cyning sêcean wolde, said he would seek out the war-king, [199]; similarly, [1811], [2940].
[â-cweðan], to say, to speak, w. acc.: prs. þät word âcwyð, speaks the word, [2047]; pret. þät word âcwäð, [655].
ge-[cweðan], to say, to speak: a) absolutely: pret. sg. II. swâ þu gecwæde, [2665].—b)w. acc.: pret. wel-hwylc gecwäð, spoke everything, [875]; pl. wit þät gecwædon, [535].—c) w. þät following: pret. gecwäð, [858], [988].
[cwellan], w. v., (to make die), to kill, to murder: pret. sg. II. þu Grendel cwealdest, [1335].
[â-cwellan], to kill: pret. sg. (he) wyrm âcwealde, [887]; þone þe Grendel ær mâne âcwealde, whom Grendel had before wickedly murdered, [1056]; beorn âcwealde, [2122].