Un-gewittigness

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

un-gewittigness

Substitute: I. madness, rage, frenzy :-- Ðá lócode se leódhata on þone hálgan wer mid weallendum geþóhte and mid ungewittinysse (unwittignysse, ) his þwyran módes quern dum fervido spiritu cum perversae mentis insania fuisset intuitus. Gr. D. 163, 31. Gestillan fram þǽre wédunge and ungewittignesse swá mycelre wælhreów-nysse a tantae crudelitatis insania quiescere, 164, 27. II. insanity: Lǽg þær sum man on his móde gefangen mid ungewittignesse . . . þone swylcne seócne lǽcas nemniað gewitleásne (phreneticum). Gr. D. 247, 13. II a. a mad action, foolish proceeding :-- Hé wæs swíðe wundrigende, and þóhte ꝥ ꝥ wǽre sum ungewittignes ꝥ hé bebeád valde admiratus est, quod quasi insana praeciperet, Gr. D. 58, l. un-gewittigness

Parole correlate: l.