Dígolnes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Dígolnes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: dígolnys, -ness, -nyss, e; Related words:

Definitions

1 dígolnes

f. Solitariness, solitude, privacy, secrecy, mystery, hiding-place, recess; solitūdo, abscondĭtum quid, secrētum, arcāna, latebra :-- He to dígolnesse and to stilnesse becom ðære godcundan sceáwunge he came to the privacy and stillness of the divine contemplation, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 10. Se cyning his geþohte ðære cwéne on dígolnysse onwreáh rex cogitatiōnem suam regīnæ in secrēto revelāvit, 2, 12; S. 514, 36. Him Dryhten synderlíce his dígolnysse onwreáh Domĭnus ei specialĭter sua revēlābat arcāna, 4, 3; S. 567, 20. Nǽnig ðara andweardra his heortan deágolnesse him helan dorste nullus præsentium latebras ei sui cordis celāre præsumpsit, 4, 27; S. 604, 22. digolnes

Runic Inscription

ᛞᛁᚷᚩᛚᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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