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dilectification

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  • Some witty person wrote a poem about these confabulations and called it "Grettir's Faring," adding many jests of his own for the dilectification of men.

    Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga Unknown

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  • Some witty person wrote a poem about these confabulations and called it "Grettir's Faring," adding many jests of his own for the dilectification of men.

    Grettir's saga, 1914 translation by G.H. Hight.

    This is hapax legomenon, possibly an error by Hight for 'delectation'.

    September 22, 2009