selfcwala
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Old English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
selfcwala m
- someone who commits suicide
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Eight Vices and Twelve Abuses"
- Ēaðe mæġ sē mann findan hū hē hine selfne āmierre, ac wē sċulon witan þæt nān selfcwala, þæt is āgenslaga, ne becymþ tō Godes rīċe.
- Anyone can easily find a way to destroy themselves, but we should know that no suicide, that is [synonym], makes it into the Kingdom of God.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Eight Vices and Twelve Abuses"
Declension[edit]
Declension of selfcwala (weak)
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Descendants[edit]
- Middle English: seolf-cwale, seolf cwale
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “self-cwala”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.