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Old English Dictionary Entry

Un-tygþa(-e)

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1 un-tygþa(-e)

adj. Unsuccessful in obtaining a request :-- For ðæm ne meahte Balaham geearnian ða Godes giefe ðe hé biddende wæs, ðá hé Israhéla folc wirgean wolde and for hine selfne gebiddan, for ðæm hé wearð untygða ðe hé hwierfde his stemne nales his mód hujus correptionis donum ideirco Balaam non obtinuit, quia ad maledicendum pergens vocem, non mentem mutavit, Past. 36; Swt. 257, 18. where read tygþe(-a), týþe(-a): cf. O. Sax. tugiðón). un-tygþa-e
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚢᚾ-ᛏᚣᚷᚦᚪ(-ᛖ)

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

O. Sax.
Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
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