Ge-scendnys

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-scendnys

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-scyndnys, se;

ge-scendnys
f. A confounding; confusio :-- Gescendnys, Ps. Spl. 43, 17: 34, 30. Ðone deófol ðe ða synfullan gelǽt to gescyndnysse. Babilonia seó Chaldeisca burh is gereht gescyndnys the devil that leads the sinful to confusion. Babylon, the Chaldean city, is interpreted 'confusion,' Homl. Th. ii. 66, 21. ge-scendnys
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