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DYSIG

  • adjective
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Grammar
DYSIG, dyseg, dysg, disig, disg, dysi; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §324;
DIZZY, foolish, unwise, stupid; stultus, insĭpiens, insānus
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  • Dysig ná ongyt ðás ðing

    stultus non intellĭgit hæc,

    • Ps. Sp1. 91,
    • 6.
  • He biþ swá dysig and swá ungewiss

    he is so foolish and so ignorant,

    • Bt. 11,
    • 2;
    • Fox 34,
    • 25.
  • Ða dysige men

    foolish men,

    • 33,
    • 3;
    • Fox 126,
    • 8.
  • Ða dysegan sint on gedwolan wordene

    the foolish are in error,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 19,
    • 57;
    • Met. 19,
    • 29.
  • Híg sint dysegran

    they are more foolish,

    • 19,
    • 82;
    • Met. 19,
    • 41.
  • Cyninga dysegast

    the most foolish of kings,

    • 15,
    • 22 ;
    • Met. 15,
    • 11.
  • Dysegum neátum

    jumentis insipientĭbus,

    • Ps. Th. 48,
    • 11.
  • Dysgum monnum

    by unwise men, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 28: Bt. Met. Fox 28, 130; Met. 28, 65: Deut. 32, 21. [Plat. dusig, dösig, düsig giddy: O. Frs. dusig giddy: Dut. duizelig giddy: Ger. dusig, däsig stupid; duselig giddy: O. H. Ger. tusig stultus, hĕbes . ]

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v.  ge-dysig dyseg dysg dysi disg disig.
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  • DYSIG, adj.