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leóhtmód-ness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
leóhtmód-ness, e; f.
Lightness of mind, want of gravity or steadiness, levity, frivolity, inconstancy
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  • Gif ǽresð se wyrtruma biþ forcorfen ðæt is sió leóhtmódnes ... Mon hine bewarige wið ða leóhtmódnesse ... Paulus cwæþ 'Wéne gé nú ðæt ic ǽnigre leóhtmódnesse brúce' ... hé ðære leóhtmódnesse unþeáwes nánwuht næfde

    cum prius radicem levitatis abscidunt ... Mentis levitas caveatur ... Paulus dicit 'Numquid levitate usus sum?' ... levitatis vitio non succumbo,

    • Past. 42, 3
    • ;
    • Swt. 308, 2-11
    • :
    • 32, 2
    • ;
    • Swt, 215, 2
    • :
    • 33, 6
    • ;
    • Swt. 225, 12
    • .
  • For hira leóhtmódnesse

    levitate cogitationum,

    • 42, 1
    • ;
    • Swt. 305, 17
    • .
Etymology
[Cf.
O. H. Ger. líht-móti levitas.
]
Linked entries
v.  leóht-mód.
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