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sýferness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
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.
Linked entries
v.  sýfer-ǽte.
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  • sýferness, n.