sýferness
- noun [ feminine ]
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Sýfernys
abstinentia,
- Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 7.
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Seó sýfernes þreáde ðæt werod cweðende ðæt hit ne fyligde ðære gálnesse
sobrietas increpat acies dicens ne sequantur luxuriam,
- Prud. 46 a: 472-492.
- Seó sýfernes and óðre mægnu, 54.
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Rúmheortnys and sýfernys (
opposed to
gítsung and gífernes,- 68, 15), Wulfst. 69, 1.
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Sýfernysse þearf
sinceritatis azima,
- Hymn. Surt. 82, 31: Scint. 42, 16.
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Ðære sýfernysse (
opposed to drunkenness,
v. l. 54) gód bodian,- Homl. Ass. 146, 60.
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Mid micelre sýfernysse and gemetfæstnysse, and ná mid nánre oferfylle ne mid oferdrince,
- 144, 15.
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Sýfernysse (
opposed to
druncenscipe, l. 18),- 145, 20: Homl. Th. i. 360, 5.
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Ic brúce ðisum mettum mid sýfernysse (
cum sobrietate
),- Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 5.
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Began ðá his geþanc tó sýfernysse (
opposed to lust,
v.- 197, 75) gehwyrfan, Homl. Ass. 198, 96.
Bosworth, Joseph. “sýferness.” 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/29957.
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