† colwardadj.
Obsolete.
Villainous, nefarious, perfidious, infamous.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > treachery or treason > [adjective]
lewec1000
culvert?c1225
false?c1225
fokela1275
colwardc1330
treacherousc1330
traitorousc1380
traitora1400
treasonfula1400
traitorfulc1440
treasonousc1450
treasonable1487
proditiousa1500
proditorya1500
unfaithful1530
trustless1554
traitorlya1586
Punic1590
truce-breaking1592
faiterous1600
Iscarioticala1625
betraying1629
infide1663
traditoriana1734
Iscariotic1879
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [adjective]
swikec893
lewec1000
swikelc1000
swikefulc1100
culvert?c1225
fokela1275
colwardc1330
treacherousc1330
traitorousc1380
traitora1400
treacherc1400
traitorfulc1440
proditorious?a1475
fraudfulc1475
proditiousa1500
proditorya1500
perfidiousa1538
snakya1586
traitorlya1586
Punic1590
traitor-wise1598
faiterous1600
Iscarioticala1625
Judaslya1626
fidious1640
traditoriana1734
double-crossing1838
Judasian1855
Iscariotic1879
two-timing1927
two-time1937
quisling1941
c1330 Florice & Bl. (1857) 339 The porter is coluard [Camb. MS. culuert] & feloun.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 181 For couetyse, & colwarde & croked dedez.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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