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bile-witness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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bile-witness, bil-witness, e; f.
Mildness, simplicity, innocence; simplicitas
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  • Se God wunaþ simle on ðære heán ceastre his ánfealdnesse and bilewitnesse

    God dwells always in the high city of his unity and simplicity,

      Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 19.
  • Hý on bilwitnesse hyra líf alyfdon

    they passed their lives in simplicity,

      Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 27, 5.
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v.  bil-wetnes bil-witness.
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  • bile-witness, n.