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sundor-sprǽc

  • noun [ feminine ]
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sundor-sprǽc, e; f.
where a single person speaks privately with one or more, private speech, a private conversation
Nero cwæð: 'Sege mé, Petrus, on sundorsprǽce, hwæt ðú ðence,' Homl. Th. i. 376, 27. Swá swá him (Moses) God silf dihte on heora sundersprǽce, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 14. Cornelius Asina gefór tó Hannibale tó sundorsprǽce ad colloquium,
    Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 172, 7.
Ðá nam Eugenia hí on sundorsprǽce, Homl. Skt. i.
    2, 48.
Ðá clypode Herodes ða ðrý tungelwítegan on sundersprǽce, Homl. Th. i.
    78, 17.
Ðætte hé hæbbe his sundorsprǽce mid ðǽm bilwitum cum simplicibus sermocinatio ejus,
    Past. 35, 4; Swt. 243, 16.
Hý (Hannibal and Scipio) hiera sundorsprǽce (colloquium) tó unsibbe brohton,
    Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 12.
where many speak in private, a private conference, council:?-Hí cómon ealle tósomne tó heora sundersprǽce,
    Homl. Th. ii. 250, 9.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sundor-sprǽc.” 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/29373.

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