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wítnung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wítnung, e; f.
Punishment, torment, pain
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  • Mǽgmorðres wítnung parricidii actio, . . . gebohtre scíre wítnung

    ambitus judicium,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 10, 12.

  • Geligra wítnung

    incerta (incesti ?) judicium,

      ii. 49, 29.

  • Ðæs ic geléfe, ðætte ǽlc unriht wítnung sié ðæs yfel ðe hit déð, næs ðæs ðe hit þafaþ

    apparet, illatam cuilibet injuriam non accipientis, sed inferentis esse miseriam,

    • Bt. 38, 6
      • ;
    • Fox 208, 20.

  • Ðæt hé on wítnunge stówe swungen wǽre, óþ ðæt hé swylte,

      Blickl. Homl. 193, 3.

  • Ðære synne tó wítnunge mínre unhýrsumnesse

    ad puniendam inobedientiae meae culpam,

    • Bd. 5, 6
      • ;
    • S. 619, 22.

  • Ðonne seó sáwul bið tó hire wítnunge gelǽd . . . betǽht tó écere wítnunge,

      Homl. Th. i. 410, 24, 30.
  • Helpan ðám forðfarenum ðe on wítnunge beóð,
      • ii. 356, 12.

  • Gefyl hié nú mid ðære wítnunga ðe ðú him geteohhod hæfdest,

      Ps. Th. 16, 13.

  • Búton wítnunge

    without exacting a penalty,

    • L. Edg. S. 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 270, 19.

  • Swerie hé (a criminal who has been punished) ðæt hé ǽfre wítnunge ne wrece,

    • L. Eth. vii. 17
      • ;
    • Th. i. 332, 22.

  • Áwend nú fram mé ðíne wítnunga (plagas tuas),

      Ps. Th. 38, 11.
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v. ge-, hengen-, un-wítnung.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wítnung.” 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/36302.

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