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tǽlende

  • verb
  • adjective
  • participle
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tǽlende, adj.
(ptcpl.)
prone to blame, censorious
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  • Ne beó hé tó tǽlende,

    • L. E. I. 21;
    • Th. ii. 416, 17: Exon. Th. 305, 18;
    • Fä. 90.
  • Cf. Uton beorgan ús wið tǽlnysse and wið twysprǽcnysse

    caveamus nobis a vituperatione et a biloquio,

    • L. Ecg. P. iv. 66;
    • Th. ii. 226, 31.
slanderous, backbiting
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  • Ða aefstigan men and ða tǽlendan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 65, 10.
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  • tǽlende, v.; adj.; part.