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  • Gleáunes

    industria,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 2.

  • Gleáwnes, 25, 43;

    dissertitudo, astutia,

      141, 5.

  • Gleáwnisse

    astu,

      9, 27.

  • Gleáwnesse argumento, 2, 10, 11: 3, 14: dissertitudinem, 26, 37:

    peritiam,

      67, 13.

  • Gleáunisse

    argutiae,

      100, 70.
ability, cleverness, talent
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  • Hé wæs gódre gleáunesse (

    bonae indolis

    ) cniht,
      Bd. 5, 19: Sch. 655, 2.
sagacity
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  • Gleáw[nesse]

    sagacitatis,

      An. Ox. 853.

  • Gleá[wnesse],

      5, 9.

  • Mid ealre glǽwnesse

    omni sagacitate,

      R. Ben. I. 58, 9.
skill, skill in speech, eloquence
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  • Gleáw[nesse]

    eloquentię,

    2314.

  • Gleáwnesse

    dissertitudinis,

    5490.

  • Glǽwnysse,

      2, 493.
diligence
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  • Gleáwnysse industria, i. curiositate, An. Ox. 618:

    industria, assiduitate,

    1324.

  • Geornfulnysse, gleáwnesse

    industriam,

    43.

  • Glǽwnesse,

      R. Ben. I. 59, 14.
a sign, token, distinguishing mark
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  • Se eásterlica dæg wæs on þǽre ealdan ǽ tribus argumentorum indiciis preceptum, ꝥ ys mid þrým gleáwnyssum hé wæs beboden; ꝥ ys, ꝥ hé wǽre æfter þǽre eásterlican emnihte, and on þám forman mónðe, and on þǽre þriddan wucan,

      Angl. viii. 330, 6.
  • v. gereord-gleáwnes, un-gleáwnes.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gleáwnes.” 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/50917.

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