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a-scúnian

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-scúnian, l. á-scunian,
and add:
to abhor,detest
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  • Eal lufian ꝥ hé lufað, and eal áscunian ꝥ hé áscunað,

      Ll. Th. i. 178, 5. 'Þú

  • gesáwe gehwǽde mot on þínes bróðor eáge' . . . þæt is on andgite: þú ásceonudest þá lǽstan gyltas on þíne gingran,

      R. Ben. 12, 5.

  • Ǽlc þǽra þinga bétan þe hí ealle áscunedon,

    • Chr. 1014
      • ;
    • P. 145, 7.

  • Wé ásittað ꝥ þá bóceras áscunion ꝥ wé ymbe heora dígolnyssa þus rúmlíce sprecað,

      Angl. viii. 332, 34.

  • Hwæt hí lufian sceolon and hwæt hí sceolon hatian and ásceonian,

      Wlfst. 303, 24.

  • On áscunigendre synne

    in detestabili flagitio,

      Scint. 137, 7.
to express hate or scorn of:--
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  • Hí ásceonodon ł hyspton sáwle míne,

    (exprobraverunt )

      Ps. L. 34, 70.
to reject because of hate or scorn
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  • Hé ásceonaþ (reprobat) ł áwyrpð smeáunga folca,

      Ps. L. 32, 10.

  • Beón áscunod and fram áworpen,

      Hml. S. 23 b, 438 note.

  • Áscunad

    excusso (cf.excussam, expulsam,)

      21

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 12.
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v. on-scunian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-scúnian.” 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/38999.

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