Old English · noun
dustsceawung
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- IPA
- /ˈduːstˌʃæ͜ɑː.wunɡ/[ˈduːstˌʃæ͜ɑː.wuŋɡ]
- Syllables
- ˈduːst · ˌʃæ͜ɑː · wunɡ (3 syllables)
Meaning
viewing or contemplation of dust
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; (please add an English translation of this quotation)
He þa swa geomor, & swa gnorngende, gewāt from þære dustsceawunga & hine þa onwende from ealre þisse worlde begangum,
Etymology
From dūst (“dust”) + sċēawung (“inspection, contemplation”) (see scavage for more).
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