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gítsung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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gítsung, e; f.
Covetousness, avarice, cupidity, desire
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  • Ða ðe ne sécaþ heora ágen gestreón þurh gýtsunge

    those who do not seek their own gain through covetousness,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 74, 34
    • .
  • Se þrydda heáfodleahter is gýtsung

    the third chief sin is avarice,

    • 218, 21
    • :
    • 592, 6
    • .
  • Hí ongunnan gítsunge begán

    concupierunt concupiscentias,

    • Ps. Th. 105, 12
    • .
  • Gítsung

    avaritia,

    • 118, 36
    • :
    • Mk. Skt, 7, 22
    • .
  • Þurh ða ungefyldan gítsunge woruldmonna

    through the unsatisfied covetousness of worldly men,

    • Bt. 7, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 20, 26
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  • Grundleás gítsung gilpes and ǽhta

    the boundless desire for glory and possessions,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 7, 29
    • ;
    • Met. 7, 15
    • :
    • Bt. 16, 3
    • ;
    • Fox 56, 2
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  • Nales he giémde þurh gítsunga lǽnes lífwelan

    he cared not from covetousness for the frail wealth of this world,

    • Exon. 34 b
    • ;
    • Th. 111, 4
    • ;
    • Gú. 121
    • .
  • Þurh his ágene gítsunga he ǽfre ðas leóde mid ungylde tyrwigende wæs

    through his own avarice he was ever harassing this nation with bad taxes,

    • Chr. 1100
    • ;
    • Erl. 236, 1
    • :
    • 1086
    • ;
    • Erl. 222, 24
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  • From ðisse worlde gítsungum

    from the desires of this world,

    • Blickl. Homl. 57, 23
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Etymology
[
Laym. ȝitsung
:
Orm. ȝittsunng
:
A. R. ȝissung
.]
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v.  gýtsung.
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  • gítsung, n.