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þung

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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þung, es; m.
A poisonous plant, (vegetable) poison; the word is used to translate aconitum, eleborus, mandragina, as well as the more general term toxa (cf. letali toxa = mortali veneno,
  • Hpt. Gl. 427, 54
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  • Þung, woedeberge

    eleborus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 12: 29, 21.

  • Þung

    mandragina,

    • 59, 42:

    aconita,

    • i. 31, 58:

    aconitum,

    • 67, 16:

    toxa,

    • 68, 26:

    coxa (r. toxa ),

    • 67, 15.

  • Þung

    toxa or toxicum (printed toxi pang),

    • 289, 52.

  • Gif mon þung ete, áþege buteran and drince; se þung gewít on ða buteran. Eft wiþ ðon, ásleá him mon fela scearpena on ðam scancan, ðonne gewít út ðæt áttor þurh ða scearpan,

    • Lchdm. ii. 154, 1-4.

  • Sealf wiþ ðam miclan líce ... þung...,

    • 78, 25.

  • Ámber fulne holenrinda and æscrinda and þunges,

    • 332, 16.

  • Nim ðone miclan þung,

    • 154, 14.

  • Thungas, þungas

    aconita,

    • Txts. 36, 23.

  • Þungas,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 20.
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v. cluf-þung; f.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þung.” 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/32231.

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