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slítung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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slítung, e; f.
tearing, rending, biting
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v. slítan,
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  • Slítinc ł geter

    dilaceratio.

      Hpt. Gl. 499, 21.
  • Fugelas hig fretaþ mid ðære biterustan slítunge

    devorabunt eos aves morsu amarissimo,

      Dent. 32, 24,
  • Sume men fram ðara wyrma slítunge sweltaþ

      Lchdm. ii. 176, 14.
wasting, spoiling,
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v. slítan
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  • Slítunge

    arpagine

    (or under I ?),
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 38
    • :
    • 87, 72
    • (Wright has sutunge).
Etymology
[
Prompt. Parv. slytynge
consumpcio;
O. H. Ger. slízunga saevitia.
]
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  • slítung, n.