cwellan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (“to torment”). Cognates include Old Saxon quellian, Middle Dutch quellen (Dutch kwellen), Old High German quellen (German quälen), Old Norse kvelja (Danish kvæle).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkwel.lɑn/, [ˈkweɫ.ɫɑn]

Verb

cwellan

to kill
to slay

Conjugation

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Descendants

Middle English: quellen, cwellen, quell, quelle, qwell, qwelle; cwellenn
- English: quell
- Scots: quell, quel

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “cwellan”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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