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wácmódness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wácmódness, e; f.
weakness of character, moral weakness
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  • Ðý læs sió scyld, ðe hiene costaþ, for his luste and for his wácmódnesse hine ofersuíðe

    ne vitium, quod tentat, mollitie delectationis subigat,

      Past. 13; Swt. 79, 22.
faintheartedness, want of courage, pusillanimity, cowardice
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  • Ignauia, ðæt is wácmódnys,
      Wulfst. 52, 18.
  • Se fífta leahtor is unrótnys ðissere worulde. Of ðam bið ácenned wácmódnys.... and his sylfes orwénnys,

      Homl. Th. ii. 220, 19.
  • Of wácmódnesse and of unbieldo oððe of untrymnesse módes oððe líchoman

    infirmitate,

      Past. 21; Swt. 159, 1.
  • Gedréfde mid wácmódnesse

    pusillanimitate turbatos,

      32; Swt. 213, 6.
  • For wácmódnesse

    from want of courage,

      40; Swt. 289, 3.
  • Ongeán módstaðolnysse and módes strencðe se deófol sendeþ wácmódnesse and lyðerne earhscype,

      Wulfst. 53, 12.
weakness, feebleness
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  • Sí foresceáwod wácmódnyss (

    inbecillitas), nateshwón heom (old men and children )

    stíðnis regoles ná sí gehealdan on fódum,
      R. Ben. Interl. 68, 14.
  • Untrumera wácmódnesse,

      72, 3.
Etymology
[Cf. O. H. Ger. weih-mótí pusillanimitas, teneritudo.]
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  • wácmódness, n.