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óleccung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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óleccung, e; f. I.
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.

  • 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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