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orsorgness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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orsorgness, e; f.
freedom from care or anxiety, tranquillity
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  • Caru cura, orsorhnys

    securitas,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 60-61
      • .

  • Sibb and orsorhnes

    pax et securitas,

    • Bd. 4, 25
      • ;
    • S. 601, 29
      • .
prosperity
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  • Dysigra monna orsorgness (prosperitas) hí fordéþ.

    • Past. 50, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 387, 34
      • .

  • Ða míne sǽlþa and seó orsorgnes

    prosperitas mea,

    • Bt. 10
      • ;
    • Fox 26, 26
      • .

  • Seó orsorhnes. . . seó wiðerweardnes

    prospera fortuna. . . . adversa,

    • 20
      • ;
    • Fox 72, 4
      • .

  • Ðæt ðú ðé ne anhebbe on ð ínre gesundfulnesse and on ðínre orsorgnesse,

    • 6
      • ;
    • Fox 14, 35
      • .

  • Cuman tó ræste and tó orsorgnesse,

    • 25
      • ;
    • Fox 88, 31
      • .

  • Hú forht hé sceal beón for ǽlcre orsorgnesse

    prospera formidanda.

    • Past. 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 33, 5: Swt. 35, 1. 2, 8
      • .

  • Ðe ðisses middangeardes orsorgnesse ne gímþ, ne him náne wiðerweardnesse ne andrǽt

    qui prospera mundi postposuit, qui nulla adversa pertimescit,

    • 10, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 61, 8
      • .

  • Orsorgnesse

    prosperitatem,

    • 50, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 387, 22
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “orsorgness.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/24983.

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