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ceahhetung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ceahhetung, e; f.
cachinnus, cachinnatio A loud or cackling laughter.
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  • Ðá gehýrde ic mycel gehlýd and ceahhetung, swá swá ungelǽredes folces

    then heard I a great noise and a cackling laughter, as of rude folk,

    • Bd. 5, 12
    • ;
    • S. 628, 30.
  • Ceahhetung vel cincung

    cachinnatio,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 88
    • ;
    • Som. 74, 86.
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v.  cancetung æschetung cehhettung.
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  • ceahhetung, n.