DYSIG

Part of speech: dyseg, dysg, disig, disg, dysi;

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1 DYSIG

adj. DIZZY, foolish, unwise, stupid; stultus, insĭpiens, insānus :-- Dysig ná ongyt ðás ðing stultus non intellĭgit hæc, Ps. Sp1. 91, 6. He biþ swá dysig and swá ungewiss he is so foolish and so ignorant, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 25. Ða dysige men foolish men, 33, 3; Fox 126, 8. Ða dysegan sint on gedwolan wordene the foolish are in error, Bt. Met. Fox 19, 57; Met. 19, 29. Híg sint dysegran they are more foolish, 19, 82; Met. 19, 41. Cyninga dysegast the most foolish of kings, 15, 22 ; Met. 15, 11. Dysegum neátum jumentis insipientĭbus, Ps. Th. 48, 11. Dysgum monnum by unwise men, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 28: Bt. Met. Fox 28, 130; Met. 28, 65: Deut. 32, 21. [Plat. dusig, dösig, düsig giddy: O. Frs. dusig giddy: Dut. duizelig giddy: Ger. dusig, däsig stupid; duselig giddy: O. H. Ger. tusig stultus, hĕbes.] dysig

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Runic Inscription

ᛞᚣᛋᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.: German
O. Frs.: Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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