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frætwung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
frætwung, frætewung, e; f.
An adorning , adornment, ornament; ornātus, ornāmentum
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  • He micele swíðor lufode ðære heortan clǽnnysse ðonne ðæra stána frætwunge

    he much more loved cleanness of heart than the adornment of stones,

    • Homl. Th. i. 508, 22.
  • On ðisum getelde wǽron forneán unasecgendlíce frætwunga

    in this tabernacle were almost unspeakable ornaments,

    • ii. 210, 11.
Derived forms
world-frætwung
Linked entries
v.  frætewung freatewung fretwung.
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Word-wheel

  • frætwung, n.