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tyhting

  • noun [ feminine ]
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tyhting, e; f.
Persuasion, exhortation, encouragement, incitement, instigation, allurement, suggestion
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  • Tihting

    suasio,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Zup. 35, 10.
  • Deófles costnung biþ on tihtinge ... Deófol tiht ús tó yfele, ac wé sceolon geniman náne lustfullunge tó ðære tihtinge ... Seó yfele tihting is of deófle,

      Homl. Th. i. 174, 30-35: ii. 226, 29.
  • Crist mid ðyssere tihtinge Petrum gehyrte,

      374, 17.
  • God hira mód onliéht mid his fandunga and eác his tiehtinge (tihtinge,

      Cott. MSS.), Past. 35; Swt. 243, 22.
  • For láre and for tiehtinge his ágenes firenlustes

    persuasione luxuriae,

      50; Swt. 393, 7.
  • Mid godcundre tihtincge

    divino instinctu,

    Anglia xiii.
      384, 266.
  • Mid welwyllendre tihtincga myngiende

    benevola intentione hortando,

      448, 1179: Scint. 34, 1.
  • Se ðe his bróðor hataþ ðurh ðæs deófles tihtinge. Basil admn. 4; Norm. 44, 17.
  • Tihtinga

    incitamenta,

      Hpt. Gl. 520, 35.
  • Tychtingum,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 3.
  • Hé micclum mid his bénum and tihtingum fylste

    he helped much with his prayers and exhortations,

      Homl. Th. ii. 126, 29.
  • Se ðe óðerne tó leahtrum forspenþ, hé is manslaga, ðonne hé ðæs óðres sáwle forpǽrþ þurh his yfelum tihtingum,

      226, 32.
  • Geþafian ðæs deófles tihtinga,

      546, 11.
Etymology
[Defles tuihting, O.E. Homl. ii. 29, 2. Tihting, i. 229, 19.]
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v. tó-tyhting.
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v.  tihting.
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  • tyhting, n.