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dysig

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
dysig, disig, dysi, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §324;
An error, ignorance, folly, foolishness; error, stultĭtia, insānia. insĭpientia
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  • Ðæt is hefig dysig

    that is a grievous folly,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 19,
      • 1;
    • Met. 19, 1: Bt. 32,
      • 3;
    • Fox 118,
      • 7.

  • Ðé lícode his dysig and his unrihtwísnes

    his folly and his injustice pleased thee,

    • 27,
      • 2;
    • Fox 96,
      • 22.

  • Dysi and unrihtwísnes nú rícsaþ ofer ealne middaneard

    folly and wickedness now reign over all the mid-earth,

    • 36,
      • 1;
    • Fox 172,
      • 8.

  • Fægniaþ irmingas hiera ágnes dysiges and hearmes

    the wretches rejoice at their own folly and sorrow,

    • Past. 35,
      • 4;
    • Hat. MS. 46 a. 14: Bt. 36,
      • 5;
    • Fox 180,
      • 6.

  • Ulcinienses and Thrusci ða folc forneáh ealle forwurdon for heora ágnum dysige

    the Volscians and the Etruscans nearly all perished through their own folly,

    Ors. 4, 3; Bos. 79, 43: Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 4.

  • Ne lócaþ nǽfre to ídelnesse, ne to leásungum, ne to dysige

    non respexit in vanĭtātes, et insānias falsas,

    • Ps. Th. 39,
      • 4.

  • Míne wúnda rotedan and fúledon for mínum dysige

    computruērunt et deteriorāvērunt cicatrīces meæ, a făcie insĭpientiæ meæ,

    • 37,
      • 5.

  • Abigail forswigode ðæt dysig hiere fordruncnan hláfordes

    Abigail concealed the folly of her drunken lord,

    • Past. 40,
      • 4;
    • Hat. MS. 55 a, 12, 15: 45,
      • 2;
    • Hat. MS. 64 b,
      • 25.

  • Lífes weard of mode abrit ðæt micle dysig

    the guardian of life removes from his mind that great ignorance,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 28,
      • 156;
    • Met. 28, 78: 19,
      • 77;
    • Met. 19, 39: Bt. 39,
      • 3;
    • Fox 216, 5: Past. 30
      • ;
    • Hat. MS. 39 a,
      • 5.

  • Ðeáh ic mid dysige þurhdrifen wsére

    though I was thoroughly penetrated with folly,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1410
      • ;
    • El. 707: Ps. Th. 75,
      • 4.

  • We sinna fela didon for úre disige

    we committed many sins through our foolishness,

    • Hy. 7,
      • 107;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 289,
      • 107.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “dysig.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/8253.

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