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wanung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wanung, e; f.
a making less,
diminution. Cf. wanian, I.
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  • Sume naman synd

    diminutiva,

    ða geswuteliaþ wanunge,
    • Ælfc. Gr. 5
      • ;
    • Zup. 16, 18.

  • Ða word habbaþ hwílon sincopam, ðæt ys, wanunge: amauisti vel amasti, hér ys se

    ui

    áwege, 25 ;
    • Zup. 146, 17.
abatement, reduction, checking. v. wanian, I.
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  • Hwæt getácnaþ ðæs fylmenes ofcyrf on ðam gesceape búton gálnysse wanunge ? Homl. Th. i. 94, 33.
a weakening, an impairing, hurt, injury, v. wanian, I.
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  • Wonung detrimentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 29. Dispendium, i. damnum, impedimentum, defectio, periculum, detrimentum æfwerdla, wonung, wom, wana,

    vel

    hénþa,
    • 140, 68.

  • Gyf him þince ðæt hé hæbbe rúh líc, ðæt byð his góda wanung,

    • Lchdm. iii. 170, 24.

  • Góda wanigend (wanung,

    • MS. T. ), 172, 29.

  • Wanunge

    dispendio

    ,
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 37.

  • Ðæt náðær ne þǽ ne ús God ne þurfa oncunnan for ðæræ waniungæ on úrum dæge

    quatinus nec tibi nec nobis Deus debeat imputare hanc imminutionem diebus nostris actam.

    • Chart. Th. 163, 26.

  • Nalæs bútan mycelre wonunge his weoredes

    non sine magno exercitus sui damno,

    • Bd. 2, 2
      • ;
    • S. 504, 7.

  • Is nýd ðæt sume mid wonunge heora woruldǽhta synd gerihte

    necesse est ut quidam damnis corrigantur,

    • I. 27
      • ;
    • S. 490, 10.

  • Hé mycle wonunge and ǽwyrdlan wæs wyrcende ðære mærwan cyrican weaxnesse

    magno tenellis ecclesiae crementis detrimento fuit,

    • 2, 5
      • ;
    • S. 506, 37.

  • Mid ðám hefigestum wonungum his ríces fram his feóndum geswenced gravissimis regni sui damnis at hostibus adflictus, 3, 7 ; S. 530, 18. (3 a) a weakening, reducing the strength of something. Cf. wanian, I. (3 a) :-- Flǽsces wonunge

    carnis maceratione,

    • Rtl. 14, 33.
a growing less,
a decrease in number, size, etc. v. wanian,
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  • Dæghwamlíce geleáffulle men nimaþ ðæt sand, and ne biþ nǽnig wonung on ðæm sande,

    • Shrn. 81, 6.

  • Symle bið háligra manna getel geeácnod þurh árleásra manna wanunge, Homl. Th. i. 536, 25. (Ia)

    waning

    of the moon. v. wanian,
      II. (1 a) :--
    Ǽfre seó sǽ and se móna beóð geféran on wæstme and on wanunge, Lchdm. iii. 268, 13: Homl. Th. i. 102, 28.
decline, decay, v. wanian, II.
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  • Ðonne se móna wanaþ, ðonne tácnaþ hé disse worlde wanunge,

    • Blickl. Homl. 17, 24.
a lack, want, defect
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  • Wanunge

    defectu,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 43.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wanung.” 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/34688.

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