gewuna

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *gawunô (habit, wont).

Noun

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ġewuna m

  1. custom
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
      Þa bead se biscop Mamertus ðreora daga fæsten, and sēo ġedreccednys ða ġeswac; and se ġewuna ðæs fæstenes ðurhwunað ġehwǣr on ġelēaffulre ġelaðunge.
      Then the bishop Mamertus commanded a fast of three days, and the affliction ceased; and the custom of the fast continues everywhere in the faithful church.
  2. ritual
  3. habit, wont

Declension

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