Middle English Dictionary Entry
seolf-cwale n.
Entry Info
Forms | seolf-cwale n. |
Etymology | OE self-cwala |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who commits suicide.
Associated quotations
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)103 : We scole witan þet nan seolf cwale, þet is aȝen-sclaȝa, ne cumeð to godes riche.