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un-gewittigness

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madness, rage, frenzy
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  • Ðá lócode se leódhata on þone hálgan wer mid weallendum geþóhte and mid ungewittinysse (unwittignysse, v.l.) his þwyran módes

    quern dum fervido spiritu cum perversae mentis insania fuisset intuitus.

      Gr. D. 163, 31.

  • Gestillan fram þǽre wédunge and ungewittignesse swá mycelre wælhreów-nysse

    a tantae crudelitatis insania quiescere,

      164, 27.
insanity: Lǽg þær sum man on his móde gefangen mid ungewittignesse . . . þone swylcne seócne lǽcas nemniað gewitleásne (phreneticum). Gr. D. 247, 13. II a.
a mad action, foolish proceeding
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  • Hé wæs swíðe wundrigende, and þóhte ꝥ ꝥ wǽre sum ungewittignes ꝥ hé bebeád

    valde admiratus est, quod quasi insana praeciperet, Gr.

      D. 58, l.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-gewittigness.” 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/59924.

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