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spellung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
spellung, e; f.
talking, conversation, discourse, narration
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  • Ðý læs on mé mǽge ídel spellung oþþe scondlíc leásung beón gestǽled

    ne aut fabulae aut turpi mendacio dignus efficiar,

    • Nar. 2, 20
      • .

  • Forbúgaþ ídele spellunge and dyslíce blissa

    avoid idle conversation and foolish pleasures,

    • Homl. Th. i. 180, 13
      • :
    • 148, 2
      • :
    • ii. 336, 19
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 304, 31
      • ;
    • Sat. 638
      • .

  • Spellung

    fabulositas,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 23
      • .
a tale, conversation, discourse, narrative
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  • Fabulae,

    ðæt synd ídele spellunga,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 50, 29
      • ;
    • Zup. 296, 5
      • .

  • Spellenga

    sermonum,

    • Hpt. Gl. 505, 77
      • .

  • Spellunga saga

    fabulas,

    • 410, 54
      • .

  • Ídele spellunga

    otiosas fabulas,

    • Confess. Peccat
      • .

  • Hí cýð[d]on mé spellunga

    narraverunt mihi fabulationes,

    • Ps. Spl. 118, 85
      • .
Etymology
[
Spellunge and smecchunge (talking and tasting) beoð ine muðe boðe . . . we schulen speken nu of spellunge, and ter efter of herrunge, A. R. 64, 11.
O. L. Ger. spellunga tragoediae.
]
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v. eft-, leás-spellung.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “spellung.” 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/28451.

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