Ge-tingness

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

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-tyngness, e;

ge-tingness
f. Eloquence, ease of speech; facundia :-- Dumbum he forgeaf getingnysse to the dumb he gave eloquence, Homl. Th. i. 26, 12. Of woruldlícre getingnysse from worldly eloquence, 578, 4: ii. 140, 30: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 69, 403. Metcundlíc getyngnis metrica facundia, Hpt. Gl. 409. ge-tingness
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