or-wénness
- noun [ feminine ]
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Ðonne biþ him seó orwénnys (
desperatio illa
) tó máran synne geteald,- L. Ecg. P. i. 4; Th. ii. 172, 24.
- Hwí sprecst ðú mid swá micelre orwénnysse? Homl. Th. i. 534, 22.
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On orwénnysse his ágenre hǽle
in despair of his own salvation,
- Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 24.
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Woldon hý geteón in orwénnysse Meotudes cempan,
- Exon. Th. 136, 27; Gú. 547.
Bosworth, Joseph. “or-wénness.” 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/25007.
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