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eád-nes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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eád-nes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.
Happiness, prosperity; beatĭtūdo
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  • Ós byþ eorla gehwám eádnys

    mind is to every man prosperity,

    • Hick. Thes. vol. i. 135,
    • 8;
    • Runic pm. 4
    • ;
    • Kmbl. 340,
    • 10.
  • Ongan he wurþigan eádnysse and hýrsumnysse

    he began to esteem happiness and obedience,

    • Guthl. 2
    • ;
    • Gdwin. 18,
    • 16.
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v. éþnes.
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