gewissung

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compound of ge- +‎ wiss +‎ -ung.

Noun[edit]

ġewissung f

  1. information
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Assumption of the Blessed Mary"
      Nis geræd on nanre bec nan swutelre gewissung be hire geendunge, buton þæt heo nu to-dæg wuldorfullice of þam lichaman gewát.
      There is not read in any book any more manifest information of her end, but that she on this day gloriously departed from the body.

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