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weorod-ness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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weorod-ness, e; f.
Sweetness
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  • Ðeós werodnys (weorodnes,

    v.l.) hoc nectar,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 16 ; Zup. 42, 7.
  • Weorodnyss

    dulcedo,

      Hy. Surt. 98, 17.
  • Werednes,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 10.
  • Werodnes,

      Ps. Lamb. 30, 20.
  • Werednesse

    dulcedinem,

    Anglia xiii.
      369, 48,
    Him ne lícaþ on his gecorenum náne lustfullunga oððte werodnyssa ðyssere worulde, Homl. Th. ii. 212, 3.
Etymology
[Salt ȝiueð mete wordnesse (smech v.l.), A. R. 138, 12.]
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  • weorod-ness, n.