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for-spillednes

  • noun [ feminine ]
  • verb
  • participle
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for-spillednes, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e; f. [forspilled, pp. of forspillan to spill; -nes, -ness]
A spilling, waste, perdition, destruction; perdĭtio
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  • Forhwí wæs ðisse sealfe forspillednes geworden

    ut quid perdĭtio ista unguenti facta este

    • Mk. Bos. 14, 4.
  • Ne forwearþ hyra nán, búton forspillednysse beam

    nēmo ex eis pĕriit, nĭsi fīlius perdĭtiōnis.

    • Jn. Bos. 17, 12.
  • Se weg is swíðe rúm ðe to forspillednesse gelǽt

    spatiōsa via est, quæ dūcit ad perdĭtiōnem.

    • Mt. Bos. 7, 13.
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v.  for-spillendnes.
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  • for-spillednes, n.; v.; part.