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un-gewittig

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un-gewittig, adj.
mad, insane
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  • Ic wát ðæt gé wénaþ ðæt ic ungewittige móde ( insana mente ) sprece,

    • Bd. 4, 8
      • ;
    • S. 576, 1.
foolish, senseless
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  • Gif cinges geréfena hwylc gyltig biþ, hwá is manna tó ðam ungesceád and ungewittig, ðæt hé ðæm cyninge his áre ætrecce for ðí ðe his geréfa forwyrht biþ?

    • Lchdm. iii. 444, 8.
not having reason, irrational
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  • Hí ( the innocents ) wǽron gehwǽde and ungewittige ácwealde,

    • Homl. Th. i. 84, 21.

  • Beóð ða ungewittigan cild gehealdene on ðam fulluhte þurh geleáfan ðæs fæder and ðære méder,

    • ii. 50, 35.

  • Ða yfelan men ne magon cuman þider, ðider ða ungewittigan gesceafta wilniaþ tó tó cumenne,

    • Bt. 36, 5
      • ;
    • Fox 180, 3.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. un-giwittig unwise.
]
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v. un-wittig.
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v.  un-wittig.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-gewittig.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/33360.

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