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un-sceþþig

  • adjective
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Grammar
un-sceþþig, -scæþþig; adj.
Innocent, harmless
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  • Innocens unsceððig (-scæððig) is ǽfre nama,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 43
      • ;
    • Zup. 253, 16
      • .

  • Beó se cristena man unsceaðþig and bilewite,

    • Homl. Th. i. 142, 20.

  • Hér com Ælfréd se unsceððiga æþeling,

    • Chr. 1036
      • ;
    • Erl. 164, 25.

  • Hys ðæt synnige blód wæs ágoten on ða wrace hyre ðæs unsceððian blódes,

    • Shrn. 155, 8.

  • Hé sǽde ðæt án gehwǽde wolcn upp ástige mid ðære unscæðþigan ( not threatening storm ) lyfte,

    • Hontl. Skt. i. 18, 150.

  • Cain his ágenne bróðor rihtwísne and unscæððigne ácwealde,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 20, 41.

  • Búton hí wǽron swá eádmóde and swá unscæððige swá ðæt cild wæs,

    • Homl. Th. i. 552, 12.

  • Culfran sind swíðe unscæððige fuglas,

    • i. 142, 8.

  • Hí ða deór swá getemedon, ðæt hí mid him unscæððige ( harmless ) wunodon,

    • ii. 492, 14.

  • Betwuh ðám unscæððigum

    inter innocentes,

    • Ps. Th. 25, 6: Homl. Th. i. 88, 33.
Etymology
[He ne wollde nohht unshaþiȝ wimmann wreȝhenn,
  • Orm. 2889.
]
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v.  sceþþig un-scæþþig.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “un-sceþþig.” 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/33712.

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