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tó-sceád

  • noun [ neuter ]
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tó-sceád, es; n.
a separating, distinguishing, distinction
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  • Ne sié fram abbode háda tósceád on mynstre gehealden

    non ab abbate persona in monasterio discernatur,

      R. Ben. 12. 7.
  • Mid ðæs micelum dómes tósceáde

    cum magna examinis discussione,

    Anglia xiii.
      375, 141.
the faculty of distinguishing objects presented to the mind,
discrimination, discerning
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  • Se Hálga Gást sylþ his gife ðám ðe hé wile. Sumum men hé forgifþ wítegunge, sumum tósceád gódra gásta and yfelra (

    to one is given by the Spirit prophecy; to another discerning of spirits

    (discretio spirituum), 1
      Cor. 12, 10), Homl. Th. i. 322, 27.
difference, diversity
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  • Hú micel scyle bión ðæt tósceád & hú mislíce mon scyle menn lǽran mid ðæm cræfte ðæs láreówdómes

    quanta debet esse diversitas in arte praedicationis,

      Past. 23; Swt. 173, 12.
  • Biþ tósceád, swá swá se apostol sǽde:

    'Stella ab stella differt in claritate,'

      Homl. Ass. 43, 486.
  • Betwuh ðám þrím is swíþe micel tósceád,

      Bt. 42; Fox 256, 21.
  • Dó sum tósceád betwuh mé and unrihtwísum folce

    discerne causam meam de gente non sancta,

      Ps. Th. 42, 1.
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  • tó-sceád, n.