dustsceawung
Old English
Alternative forms
- dūstsċēaƿung — wynn spelling
Etymology
From dūst (“dust”) + sċēawung (“inspection, contemplation”) (see scavage for more).
Pronunciation
Noun
dūstsċēawung f
- viewing or contemplation of dust
- a. 10th century The Blickling Homilies:
- He þa swa geomor, & swa gnorngende, gewāt from þære dustsceawunga & hine þa onwende from ealre þisse worlde begangum,
- 1880, translation by Richard Morris:
- He then, so sad and sorrowful, departed from the ‘dust-spectacle’ (contemplation of the dust), and turned himself away from all the affairs of this world;
- 1880, translation by Richard Morris:
- He þa swa geomor, & swa gnorngende, gewāt from þære dustsceawunga & hine þa onwende from ealre þisse worlde begangum,
- a. 10th century The Blickling Homilies:
See also
- wyrd f