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teón-word

  • noun [ neuter ]
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teón-word, es; n.
A word that conveys reproach, insult, abuse, calumny; a word that does wrong
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  • Hig tǽldon ðæt land mid heora teónwordum

    they slandered the land with their calumnies,

      Num. 13, 33.
  • Eorl óðerne mid teónwordum tǽleþ behindan, spreceþ fægere beforan,

      Frag. Kmbl. 6; Leás. 4.
  • Næs heó swá nú æðelborene men synt mid oferméttum áfylled . . . ne mid teónwordum

    she was not, as nobly born men now are, filled with haughtiness . . . or with insolent words,

      Lchdm. iii. 428, 33.
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  • teón-word, n.