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Dysegian

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1 dysegian

part. dysigende, dysiende; he dysegaþ; p. ede, ode; pp. ed, od; [dysig foolish]. I. to be foolish, act foolishly, err; ineptīre, errāre :-- Ða, dysiende, wénaþ ðætte ðæt þing sió ǽlces weorþscipes wyrþe they, foolish, think that the thing is worthy of all estimation, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 9. He dysegaþ, se ðe wile sǽd óþfæstan ðám dríum forum he does foolishly, who will sow seed in the dry furrows, 5, 2; Fox 10, 30. Ðæt ða dysegien that they are foolish, 24, 4; Fox 86, 9, MS. Bod. Ðæt hí on heortan hyge dysegedon hi errant corde, Ps. Th. 94, l0. II. to talk foolishly, blaspheme; blasphĕmāre :-- Manega óðre þing híg him to cwǽdon dysigende alia multa blasphĕmantes dicēbant in eum, Lk. Bos. 22, 65. He dysegaþ blasphĕmat, Mk. Bos. 2, 7. dysegian
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚣᛋᛖᚷᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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