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wan-sceaft

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
wan-sceaft, e; -sceafte(-a; m.?), an ; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§617;
misfortune, misery, unhappiness
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  • Hí sorge ne cúðon, wonsceaft wera, wiht unhǽlo,

    • Beo. Th. 240
      • ;
    • B. 120.

  • Ic ne wrecan meahte on wigan feore wonnsceaft míne, ac ic ealle þolige,

    • Exon. Th. 499, 16
      • ;
    • Rä. 88, 16.

  • Láð biþ ǽghwǽr fore his wonsceaftum wineleás hæle,

    • 329, 10
      • ;
    • Vy. 32.
some form of disease
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  • Hú mon sceal ða wǽtan and wonsceafta (ða wonsceaftan in the section, 246, 6, where no other malady than ða wǽtan is referred to except ða áheardodan swilas) útan lácnian,

    • Lchdm. ii. 16, 6, 22.
Etymology
[Cf.
O. Sax. than wópiat thár wanskefti thie hér ér an wunnion sind, Hél. 1352
.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wan-sceaft.” 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/34681.

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  • wan-sceaft, n.

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