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óleccung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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óleccung, e; f.
soothing, caressing, gentleness of treatment
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  • Ólæcung

    delinimentum,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 69
      • .

  • Olaecunge

    blandimentorum,

    • Hpt. Gl. 485, 48
      • .

  • Hú gesceádwís se reecere sceal bión on his þreaunga and on his óleccunga

    quae esse debet rectoris discretio correptionis et dissimulationis,

    • Past. 21, tit.
      • ;
    • Swt. 151, 6
      • .

  • Ðá áhsode heó hine georne mid hire ólæcunge, on hwam his miht wǽre,

    • Jud. 16, 6
      • .

  • Olæcunga

    blanditiae,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 13
      • ;
    • Som. 16, 17
      • .
flattery, fawning, adulation
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  • Olæcung

    adulatio,

    • Hpt. Gl. 527, 40
      • .

  • Wyrð ðæt mód besuicen mid ðæra ólicunga (óliccunga, Cott. MSS.) ðe him underþiédde beóþ,

    • Past. 17, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 111, 7
      • .

  • Ne wilna nanes monnes ólæcunga,

    • Prov. Kmbl. 80
      • .

  • Hé nǽfre nǽnigum woruldrícum men þurh leáse ólecunga onbúgan nolde,

    • Blickl. Homl. 223, 28
      • .

  • Ðonne hit hæfþ gewunnen ðæs folces ólecunga

    (favor popularis),

    • Bt. 24, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 82, 23
      • .
of things, charm, allurement
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  • Óliccung

    jocunda,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 2
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  • Ne. hine ne geloccige nán óliccung (ólicung, Cote. MSS. ) tó hiere willan

    non blanda usque ad voluptatem demulceant,

    • Past. 14, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 83, 18
      • .

  • Forsió hé ǽlce ólicunge (óliccunge, Cott. MSS.) ðisses middangeardes

    blandimenta mundi despiciat,

    • 14, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 83, 6
      • .

  • Hit gewarenaþ ǽgðer ge wið heora þreáunga ge wið ólecunga

    nec formidandasfortunae minas, nec exoptandas facit esse blanditias,

    • Bt. 7, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 18, 24
      • .
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v. leás-ólecung.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “óleccung.” 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/24416.

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