Old English Dictionary Entry

Tó-slítness

Part of speech: e;

Definitions

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1 tó-slítness

f. I. a tearing in pieces, rending in pieces :-- Ungeherédre leoma tóslítnysse wundade inaudita membrorum discerptione lacerati, Bd. 1, 7; S. 479, 14. II. fig. dissension :-- Tóslítnisse (-slittnise. Lind. ) l unsibbe dissensio, Jn. Skt. Rush. 7, 43. to-slitness

Similar Words

-tácnigendlic, -líce
-tang
-targed
-teáren
-teáw

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩ-ᛋᛚᛁᛏᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Jn.: Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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