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cwiddung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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cwiddung, cwyddung ,e; f.
A saying, tale, report, speech; dictum, sermunculus
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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.
  • Æt fræmdra monna cwiddunge

    from the report of strangers,

    • Bt. 18,
    • 4;
    • Fox 66,
    • 25.
  • 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.
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v.  cwyddung.
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