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æf-þanc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
æf-þanc, es; m: æf-þanca, -þonca, -þunca, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§566;
Offence, insult, grudge, displeasure, envy, zeal; simultas, offensa, odium, zelus
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  • Swindan me dyde æfþanca mín

    tabescere me fecit zelus meus,

    • Ps. Spl. M. 118,139
    • .
  • Æfþonca gefylled

    full of grudges,

    • Exon. 83 b; Th. 315, 4
    • ;
    • Mod. 26
    • .
  • Eald æfþoncan edniwedan

    they have renewed old grudges,

    • 72 b; Th. 271, 20
    • ;
    • Jul. 485
    • .
  • Æfþancum herian

    to vex with insults,

    • Cd. 102; Th. 135, 3
    • ;
    • Gen. 2237
    • .
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v.  of-þanc æf-þunca.
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  • æf-þanc, n.