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tǽling

  • noun [ feminine ]
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tǽling, e; f.
reproof, rebuke
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  • Hé egesiende stiérþ ofermétta mid ðære tǽlinge,

    • Past. 8;
    • Swt. 53, 16.
  • Petrus anféng Paules tǽlinge

    (

    increpationem

    ),
    • 19;
    • Swt. 145, 18.
  • Hié forberaþ ǽghwelce unryhte tǽlinge ... hié forberaþ ðæt hié mid ðæm sweorde hiera tungna tǽlinge ne sleáþ hira hláfurdes ðeáwas

    piae subditorum mentes ab omni se peste obtrectationis abstinentes praepositorum vitam nullo linguae gladio percutiunt,

    • 28;
    • Swt. 199, 4.
  • Hiera geférena tǽlinge

    reprehensionem proximorum,

    • 38;
    • Swt. 273, 8.
evil-speaking, slander, calumny
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  • Gif ðú gesihst fæla penega tǽlincga oððe wærginga getácnaþ

    if you see many pennies, it betokens calumnies or curses,

    • Lchdm. iii. 214, 16.
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  • tǽling, n.