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skill in speaking, v. ge-tynge; I
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  • Getingnes

    eloquentia, peritia,

      Wrt. Voc. ii.143, 23.

  • Getingnesse

    facundia,

      34, 16.

  • Meterlicere getincnesse gegódod

    metrica facundia (i. eloquentia) fretus,

      An. Ox. 125.

  • Getincnesse

    urbanitate, i. disertitudine (verborum praeditus ),

    2297.

  • Hé ús selð micle getyngnesse and wlitige sprǽce ymb sóðfæsðnesse tó cýðanne

    nobis luce veritatis plena eloquia subministrat,

      Past. 369, 14.

  • Hí eallra gereorda getingnesse hæfdon

    they had skill to speak in all tongues,

      Btwk. 214, 32.

  • Þurh getingnesse

    per facundiam,

      Ll. Lbmn. 414, 12.
elegance of speech, v. ge-tynge;
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  • Mid þæslicere race getinnysse (getignysse, Hpt. Gl. 528, 4)

    eleganti prosę sententia (i. peritia ),

      An. Ox. 5403.
skill, v. ge-tynge;
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  • Getydde on bóclicum cræfte hig witon mid getingnysse heora módes ꝥ ꝥ rihtmeterfers sceal habban feówer and twéntig tíman,

      Angl. viii. 314, 10.

  • For ðǽra bócra getingnyssum, 300, 3. III a.

    skilful words, wise sayings

    :-- Rǽde hé þæs eádigan weres getingnyssa,
      Bédan, Angl. 308, 12.
set speech. Cf. ge-tynge:
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  • Getincnes

    oratio,

      An. Ox. 319.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-tyngnes.” 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/50324.

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