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malscrung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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malscrung, e; f.
Bewitching, fascination
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  • Malscrung

    fascinatus, i. laudatis stultæ,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 7 :

    fescinatio,

    • 108, 23.
  • Wið malscrunge,

    • Lchdm. iii. 36, 13.
  • Wið feóndes costunga and nihtgengan and maran and malscra (malscrunga?),

    • L. M. 3, 1
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 306, 13.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. mascrunc fascinatio, laus stulta
: cf.
Goth. untila.malsks πρoπετήs
:
O. Sax. malsk proud
:
Allit. pms. Þe mon malskred (fascinated, spell-bound) in drede; þat malscrande mere
:
Will. hou he hade . . malskrid (wandered as under the influence of a charm, mazed) aboute.
]
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  • malscrung, n.