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un-gewit

  • noun [ neuter ]
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un-gewit, un-gewitt, es; n.
madness, insanity
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  • Nán unhál cild, ne deáf, ne blind, ne ungewittes,

    • Homl. Ass. 179, 322.

  • Hié sindon suá micle wætlícor tó oferbúgánne suá mon ongiet ðæt hié on máran ungewitte beóð

    tanto caute declinandi sunt, quanto et insane rapiuntur,

    • Past. 40
      • ;
    • Swt. 295, 22.

  • Gif hwylc man of his gewitte feólle ... Gif man hine ofsleá on ðam ungewitte,

    • L. Ecg. P. addit. 29
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 236, 31.

  • Se yfela gást on ungewitte his ( Saul's ) mód áwende,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 18, 11.

  • Sende ðé Drihten on ungewitt and blindnysse

    percutiat te Dominus amentia et coecitate,

    • Deut. 28, 28.
folly, stupidity
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  • Ðý læs ðe ǽnig ungecyrred woroldman mid nytnesse and ungewitte regules geboda ábrǽce, and ðære tale brúce, ðæt hé misfénge ðý hé hit sélre nyste.

    • Lchdm. iii. 442, 2.

  • Hí mid heora gedwolsprǽce eall folc ámyrdon. And Theodosius, ðá hé swilce ungewitt ǽlce dæge gehýrde, hé wearð sárig,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 370.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. un-giwizzi insipientia.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-gewit.” 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/33359.

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