cwealm

Meaning

1. death

2. slaughter, plague, pestilence

   Þæt fīfte wīte wæs cwealm on heora orfe, swā þæt on ðām lande fornēan nān orf ne belāf, buton Israheles bē ānsund ġestōd.

   The fifth plague was a pestilence among their livestock, such that in the land almost no livestock were left, except for those of Israel, who remained healthy.

   Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

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