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inwit-full

  • adjective
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inwit-full, adj.
Deceitful, guileful, malicious, evil
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  • Inwitfull

    dolosus, insidiosus, fraudulentus, callidus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 66.

  • Ne mæg ðǽr inwitfull ǽnig geféran womscyldig mon

    there may none guileful come, none guilty of sin,

    • Cd. 45
      • ;
    • Th. 58, 18
      • ;
    • Gen. 498
      • .

  • From ðære inwitfullan yflan tungan

    a lingua dolosa,

    • Ps. Th. 119, 3
      • .

  • Hé áfylleþ ða inwitfullan word of his tungan

    he causes deceitful words to fall away from his tongue

      [cf. Ps.Th. 14, 3,

    non egit dolum in lingua sua],

    • Blickl. Homl. 55, 16.

  • Ðá geseah sigora waldend hwæt wæs monna mánes and ðæt hí wǽron inwitfulle

    then saw the Lord of victories what the wickedness of men was, and that they were full of deceit,

    • Cd. 64
      • ;
    • Th. 77, 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 1273
      • .

  • Synfulra and inwitfulra múþas

    os peccatoris et dolosi,

    • Ps. Th. 108, 1
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “inwit-full.” 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/20714.

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