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sýferness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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sýferness, e; f.
Sobriety, moderation, temperance, abstinence, purity
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  • Sýfernys

    abstinentia,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 7.

  • 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.

  • Rúmheortnys and sýfernys

    ( opposed to gítsung and gífernes,
    • 68, 15
    ),
    • Wulfst. 69, 1.

  • Sýfernysse þearf

    sinceritatis azima,

    • Hymn. Surt. 82, 31: Scint. 42, 16.

  • Ðære sýfernysse ( opposed to drunkenness,

    • v. l. 54
    ) gód bodian,

    • Homl. Ass. 146, 60.

  • Mid micelre sýfernysse and gemetfæstnysse, and ná mid nánre oferfylle ne mid oferdrince,

    • 144, 15.

  • Sýfernysse

    ( opposed to druncenscipe,
    • l. 18
    ),
    • 145, 20: Homl. Th. i. 360, 5.

  • Ic brúce ðisum mettum mid sýfernysse

    ( cum sobrietate )

    ,
    • Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 5.

  • Began ðá his geþanc tó sýfernysse ( opposed to lust,

    • v. 197, 75
    ) gehwyrfan,

    • Homl. Ass. 198, 96.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. súbarnessi purificatio, purgatio.
]
Similar entries
v. un-sýferness.
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v.  sýfer-ǽte.
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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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