dustsceawung

Old English

FWOTD – 17 March 2013

Etymology

From dūst (“dust”) +‎ sċēawung (“inspection, contemplation”) (see scavage for more).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːstˌʃæ͜ɑː.wunɡ/, [ˈduːstˌʃæ͜ɑː.wuŋɡ]

Noun

dūstsċēawung f

1. viewing or contemplation of dust
   • a. 10th century, The Blickling Homilies:

     He þa swa geomor, & swa gnorngende, gewāt from þære dustsceawunga & hine þa onwende from ealre þisse worlde begangum,

     1880, translation by Richard Morris:

     He then, so sad and sorrowful, departed from the ‘dust-spectacle’ (contemplation of the dust), and turned himself away from all the affairs of this world;

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See also

• wyrd f