Un-gewítnod

Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-gewítnod

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: unwítnod. un-gewitnod

Definitions

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.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᚷᛖᚹᛁᛏᚾᚩᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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