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Un-gewítnod

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1 un-gewítnod

adj. Unpunished, (1) of the person to whom punishment might be given :-- Ne beó gé on nánre leásre gewitnysse, for ðon ðe se leása gewita ne bið hé nǽfre ungewítnod, L. E. I. 27; Th. ii. 424, 1: Homl. Ass. 148, 10. Ne wén ðú ná be ðé ðæt ðú ungewítnod beó, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 159. Wé beóð mid Gode suá micle suíðor gebundne suá wé for monnum orsorglícor ungewítnode syngiaþ bútan ǽlcre wrace (quanto spud homines inulte peccamus), Past. 17; Swt. 117, 23. (2) of the fault for which punishment might be given :-- Ðæt him biþ ungewítnode hiora yfel on ðisse worulde, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 200, 28.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᚷᛖᚹᛁᛏᚾᚩᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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