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wafung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wafung, e; f.
glossing spectaculum. v.
two following words
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  • Wafung

    spectaculum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 44.

  • On openre wafunge (the passage is: Martyres in Circi

    spectaculo

    cuparum gremiis includuntur,
      Ald. 48), Hpt. Gl. 488, 71.

  • Wafunge

    spectaculum

    (mirum mundo spectaculum exhibuit,
      Ald. 62), 509, 33.
amazement, wonder, astonishment
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  • On ðære gesihðe hine gestód wundorlíc wafung . . . eall hé wæs ful wundrunge and wafunge,

      Homl. Skt. i. 23, 501-509.
  • Him an gefór swíðlíc wafung on swá wuldorfæstan wuldre, ii. 23b, 691.
  • Ðá arn ðæt folc tó for wafunge, i. 12, 206.

  • Hit hí mid swá mycelre fyrhto and wafunge (

    tanto stupore

    ) geslóh,
      Bd. 4, 7 ; S. 575, 7.

  • Hí sceáwodon ðæt heáfod mid swíðlícre wafunge,

      Homl. Ass. 112, 331 : Jud. 16, 25.

  • God hæfþ geéced mínne ege and míne wafunga

    stuporem meum Deus exaggerat,

      Bt. 39, 2; Fox 214, 1.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wafung.” 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/34573.

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