for-sewennes
- noun [ feminine ]
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Gefylled we synd forsewennysse
replēti sŭmus despectiōne,
- Ps. Spl. 122, 4, 5.
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For his forsewennesse
out of contempt for him,
- Ors. 4, 4 ;
- Bos. 81, 13.
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Forsewennyss
contemptus,
- Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4 ;
- Som. 31, 17.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-sewennes.” 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/11695.
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