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un-cweþende

  • adjective
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un-cweþende, adj.
not having speech
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  • Ðeáh ðe gesomnod sý eal ðætte heofon oððe hel oððe eorðe ǽfre ácende, and ánra gehwylc ge ðæra cweðendra ge ðæra uncweðendra hæbbe gyldene býman on múðe,

    • Salm. Kmbl. p. 152, 9.
not having a voice, inanimate
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  • Hweþer ðú ongite ðæt ða uncweþendan gesceafta wilnodon tó biónne on écnesse swá ilce swá men gif hí mihton

    ea quae inanimata esse creduntur, nonne quod suum est quaeque simili ratione desiderant?

    • Bt. 34, 11
    • ;
    • Fox 150, 17.
Etymology
[Cf. Waldandes dóð unqueðandes só filo antkennian scolda ... erða ... bergós ... sténós,
  • Hél. 5663
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  • un-cweþende, adj.