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wítegung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wítegung, e; f.
prophecy
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  • Án ðæra gecýdde Cristes tócyme mid sealmsange, and óðer mid wítegunge. Sind sealmsang and wítegung, swylce hí syflinge wǽron . . . tó ðám fíf ǽlícum bócum,

      Homl. Th. i. 188, 19.
  • Ðá wæs gefylled Hieremias wítegung, ðe ðus wítegode,

      80, 18.
  • Esaias wítegung (wítgiung prophetia,

      Lind.
    ),

      Mt. Kmbl. 13, 14.
  • Wítgiung,

      p. 16, 15.
  • In stefne wítgeonges

    in uoce prophetiae

    ,
      Mk. Skt. p. 1, 8.
  • Swá swá Isaias se wítega hit on béc sette on his wítegunge,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 22.
divination
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  • Þurh eorþan wítegung

    geomantia

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 23.
  • Þurh deáþes wítgung

    nicromantia

    ,
      62, 30.
Etymology
[
He ȝifð summe witegunge,
    O. E. Homl. i. 97, 19.
All þatt witeȝhunnge þatt hallȝhe witess writenn,
    Orm. 15149.
O. H. Ger. wízagunga divinatio, vaticinium, auspicium.
]
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v. fore-wítegung.
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