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. 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.