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teón-full

  • adjective
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teón-full, adj.
grievous, vexatious, troublous, woeful
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  • Se teónfulla dæg (

    the last day

    ),
      Wulfst. 187, 3.

  • Hú geswincful and hú teónful ðis líf is

    how full of travail and trouble this life is,

      273, 6.

  • Ða teónfullan

    infesta,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 15.
of persons,
causing hurt or injury
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  • Teónfullum on teso

    so as to hurt the harmful

    (those who were attending to the fiery furnace),
      Cd. Th. 232, 4; Dan. 255.
causing vexation or annoyance, exasperating, v. teónian, I
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  • Mǽgþ teónful

    generatio exasperans,

      Ps. Spl. 77, 10.
insolent, abusive, contumelious, contemptuous, calumnious
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  • Teónful injuriosus, geflitful

    contentiosus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 49, 32: 74, 32.

  • Se mynstres hordere sí . . . ná dréfend ne teónful (

    non turbulentus, non injuriosus

    ),
      R. Ben. 54, 9.

  • Dú ne scealt nánne man wyrigan, ne nǽnne man tǽlan, ne teónful beón,

      Homl. Skt. i. 21, 359.

  • Ys steór leás on múþe teónfulles (

    contumeliosi

    ),
      Scint. 114, 9.

  • Teónfulle wé synd

    contumeliosi sumus,

      155, 14.

  • Wǽron hí æfter æþelborennesse oferhýdige and hearmcwydole . . . Hí ðurh*-*wunedon on heora teónfullum wordum

    they persisted in their insolent language,

      Homl. Th. ii. 174, 14.
Etymology
[In þa teonfulle (destructive) sæ, Laym. 4585.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “teón-full.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/30356.

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