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語源

From Proto-West Germanic *kwalm.

発音

• IPA: /kwæ͜ɑlm/, [kwæ͜ɑɫm]

名詞

cwealm m

1. death
2. slaughter, plague, pestilence
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     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.

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

同意語

• cwalu
• swylt

派生語

• bealocwealm
• cwealmbǣre
• ūtcwealm (“utter destruction”)

派生した語

• Middle English: cwalm, quelm, qualm
  • English: qualm
  • Scots: qualm