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tǽl

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
tǽl, e; f.(?)
Wright's OE grammar
§119;
Evil speaking, calumny, detraction
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  • Tǽl blasphemia, vituperatio,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 9:
    detractatio, vituperatio,
    • 139, 44.
    'Ælc tǽl sié ánumen fram eów.' ... Hit biþ unnyt ðæt mon tǽl útane forlǽte gif se yfela willa ðone onwald hæfþ ðæs íngeðonces

    'omis blasphemia tollatur a vobis.' ... Frustra blasphemia ab exterioribus tollitur, si in interioribus malitia dominatur,

    • Past. 33;
    • Swt. 222, 8-14.

  • Ne fríne ic ðé for tǽle ne þurh teóncwide

    I do not question you that I may detract or abuse,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1265;
    • An. 633.

  • Hé þolaþ sárcwide secga ... Ic bí mé secge ðis sárspell ... Ic for tǽle ne mæg ǽniene moncynnes gelufian,

    • Exon. Th. 458, 1-26;
    • Hy. 4, 93-106.

  • Ðæt heó mec tǽle gerahte (-rǽhte? cf. ðæt hé ða hálgan weras hospe gerahte (-rǽhte?) he calum- niated,

    • 260, 21;
    • Jul. 300
    ) hét mé fremdne god ofer ða óþre ðe wé ǽr cúþon weorþian

    that she attacked me with blasphemy, bade me honour a strange god above the others that we knew before,

    • 247, 4;
    • Jul. 73.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tǽl.” 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/30139.

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