innecund
Old English edit
Etymology edit
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Adjective edit
innecund
- inward, internal
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth, Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online:
- Is geornlīċe tō behealdenne þonne hīe þā ūterran þing dōn sculon þæt hīe ne sīen þǣm innecundan inġeþonce āfierrede ... hīe þonne lǣtaþ ācōlian þā innecundan lufan.
- Eagerly observing when they must do the outward thing, such that they be not taken away by the inward intent ... they then let that inner love chill.
Declension edit
Declension of innecund — Strong
Declension of innecund — Weak
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References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “INNECUND”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.