innecund
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]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
Synonyms
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[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “INNECUND”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.