[cwên], st. f.: 1) wife, consort (of noble birth): nom. sg. cwên, [62]; (Hrôðgâr's), [614], [924]; (Finn's), [1154].—2) particularly denoting the queen: nom. sg. beághroden cwên (Wealhþeów), [624]; mæru cwên, [2017]; fremu folces cwên (Þryðo), [1933]; acc. sg. cwên (Wealhþeów), [666].-Comp. folc-cwên.
[cwên-lîc], adj., feminine, womanly: nom. sg. ne bið swylc cwênlîc þeáw (such is not the custom of women, does not become a woman), [1941].
[cwealm], st. m., violent death, murder, destruction: acc. sg. þone cwealm gewräc, avenged the death (of Abel by Cain), [107]; mændon mondryhtnes cwealm, lamented the ruler's fall, [3150].—Comp.: bealo-, deáð-, gâr-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. âht cwices, something living, [2315]; nom. pl. cwice, [98]; cwico wäs þâ gena, was still alive, [3094].
[cwide], st. m., word, speech, saying: in comp. gegn-, gilp-, hleó-, ðor- [non-existant form—KTH], word-cwide.
[cwîðan], st. v., to complain, to lament: inf. w. acc. ongan ... gioguðe cwîðan hilde-strengo, began to lament the (departed) battle-strength of his youth, [2113] [ceare] cwîðan, lament their cares, [3173].
[cyme], st. m., coming, arrival: nom. pl. hwanan eówre cyme syndon, whence your coming is, i. e. whence ye are, [257].—Comp. eft-cyme.
[cymlîce], adv., (convenienter), splendidly, grandly: comp. cymlîcor, [38].