cwiddung
- noun [ feminine ]
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Manegra manna cwyddung is
it is a saying of many men,
- Bd. de nat. rernm ;
- Wrt. popl. science 10, 28;
- Lchdm. iii. 256, 4.
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Æt fræmdra monna cwiddunge
from the report of strangers,
- Bt. 18, 4;
- Fox 66, 25.
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Ná swilce he nyste manna cwyddunga be him
not as though he knew not the sayings of men concerning him,
- Homl. Th. i. 366, 7.
Bosworth, Joseph. “cwiddung.” 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/6975.
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