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tǽcing

  • noun [ feminine ]
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tǽcing, e; f.
the pointing out of a course to be followed, direction, teaching.
v. tǽcan, IV, and previous word
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  • Hér is seó ǽ, ðe ðú under hire tǽcinge winnan wylt,

    • R. Ben. 96, 23.

  • Sý him þreál geboden be regoles tǽcinge,

    • 126, 4.

  • Hé nolde nán ðing dón be ðæs deófles tǽcunge,

    • Homl. Th. i. 168, 26.

  • Gif hé be bóca tǽcinge his líf gefadige,

    • L. Eth. ix. 28;
    • Th. i. 346, 17.

  • Gif hwá nelle bétan æfter mínra biscopa tǽcinge,

    • Chart. Erl. 230, 22.

  • Gode þeówian æfter Sanctus Benedictus tǽcinge

    according to the rule of St. Benedict,

    • Chart. Th. 549, 8: 227, 24: Lchdm. iii. 438, 20.

  • Underfó hé ǽlcne regoles þeáw and tǽcinge; sig hé æfter Cristes bóce tǽcinge ðus geáxod,

    • R. Ben. 104, 19.

  • Þurh háligra bóca tǽcunge úres Drihtnes willan mid gódum dǽdum gefyllan,

    • Homl. Ass. 144, 2.
teaching, doctrine
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  • Swá ðæt wé þurhwunigen on Cristes láre and tǽcinge, R. Ben. 6, 1. x ána ongynþ of ðam stæfe i æfter úðwitena rǽcinge,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 2;
    • Zup. 6, 5.

  • Ðæra sind feówer æfter Priscianes tǽcinge,

    • 24;
    • Zup. 129, 16.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tǽcing.” 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/30119.

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