Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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dumbness

(n.)
Grammar
dumbness, e; f.
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Dumbness Úre Drihten gehǽlde þone wódan fram his dumbnesse, Nap. 18

Linked entry: dumnys

dumnys

(n.)
Grammar
dumnys, dum-nyss,e ; f.

DUMBNESS, speechlessness ⬩ loquendi impotentia

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DUMBNESS, speechlessness; loquendi impotentia, Som. Ben. Lye

dumnys

Similar entry: dumbness

DUMB

(adj.)
Grammar
DUMB, def. se dumba, seó, ðæt dumbe; adj.

DUMB, speechless, mute ⬩ mūtus, e-linguis

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Híg brohton him dumbne man obtŭlērunt ei hŏmĭnem mūtum, Mt. Bos. 9, 32: Mk. Bos. 9, 17: Ex. 4, 11. Geségun ða dumban gesceaft they saw the dumb creation, Exon. 24 b; Th. 69, 30; Cri: 1128: 113 a; Th. 433, 3; Rä. 50, 2.

helto

(n.)
Grammar
helto, f.

Haltness, ⬩ lameness

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Haltness, lameness Áfyrr ðú dríhten from ðære stówe blindnesse and helto and dumbnesse remove O Lord from the place blindness and lameness and dumbness, Shrn. 101, 35

DEÁF

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÁF, adj.

DEAF ⬩ surdus

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Hí lǽddon him ǽnne deáfne and dumbne addūcunt ei surdum et mutum, Mk. Bos. 7, 32: Exon. 113 a; Th. 433, 3; Rä. 50, 2. Anlíc nædran seó hí deáfe déþ like an adder which makes herself deaf, Ps. Th. 57, 4.

Linked entry: a-deáf

ge-brengan

(adj.)
Entry preview:

Gebróhtun (obtulerunt) him monno dumbne, Mt. L. 9, 32. Gebreng ðing ðín, 5, 24. Gebrengað ðás hiona auferte ista hinc, Jn. L. R. 2, 16. Hé óðer wíf þǽm óðrum æt hám gebrenge, Ll. Th. i. 10, 8: 22, 3.

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