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ǽwisce

  • noun [ neuter ]
  • adjective
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Grammar
ǽwisce, (and ǽwisc?), es; n.
Dishonour, shame, foulness
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  • Ǽwisce

    obscenitas

    ,
      Angl. xiii. 35, 204: An. Ox. 8, 193.
  • Ǽwisc,

      7, 265.
  • Ǽwys, 4302: 7, 300.
  • Hé cwæð þæt him tó micel ǽwisce wǽre þæt hé swá emnlíce wrixleden

    he said that it was too much dishonour for them to treat on such an equal fooling

    .
      Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 16.
  • On ǽwisce (ǽswice? cf. 105, 26) in

    scandalum

    ,
      Ps. Th. 68, 23.
  • Ǽwiscu (here or under ǽwisc; adj. ?) ludicra, i. inhonesta (neu timeat scriptor terrentis

    ludicra

    linguae,
      Ald. 214, 19), An. Ox. 21, 6.
Etymology
[Goth. aiwiski; n. dedecus.]
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v.  ǽwisc.
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Word-wheel

  • ǽwisce, n.; adj.