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þicness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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þicness, e; f.
referring to the consistency of matter, thickness, viscosity.
v. þicce, I
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  • Cnuca mid wíne on huniges þicnysse,

    • Lchdm. i. 126, 12
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  • Gyf hwá mycelne hracan þolige, and hé ðone him eáþelíce fram bringan ne mæge for ðycnysse,

    • 284, 24
      • .

  • Seóþ óþ ðæt ðæt hæbbe huniges þicnesse,

    • ii. 190, 5
      • .
referring to the lack of transparency, thickness, obscurity, cloud, darkness.
v. þicce, II
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  • Genipu and þicnæs

    nubes et caligo,

    • Ps. Spl. 96, 2
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  • Tegánre þicnysse

    rupto tenebrarum situ,

    • Germ. 388, 43
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  • Of nyþerhreósendre þicnysse

    deciduo imbre,

    • 390, 79
      • .

  • Wé ne magon for ðære fyrlynan heáhnysse and ðæra wolcna ðicnysse and for ure eágena tyddernysse hí (heofenan) nǽfre geseón,

    • Lchdm. iii. 232, 16
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  • Ða þicnyssa smíces stigon upp

    the clouds of smoke rose up,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 36
      • .
a thicket.
v. þicce, III
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  • On ðicnessum

    in condensis,

    • Ps. Lamb. 117, 27
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  • Ðicnyssa

    condensa,

    • 28, 9
      • .
referring to dimension, thickness, depth, a thick body.
v. þicce, IV
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  • Hreóflícre þicnesse

    elephantina callositate,

    • Hpt. Gl. 519, 31
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  • Hit næfde eorþan þiccnesse

    non habebat altitudinem terrae,

    • Mk. Skt. 4, 5
      • .

  • Sweflenum þicnyssum

    sulphureis fammarum globis,

    • Hpt. Gl. 499, 41
      • .
Etymology
O. H. Ger. diknissa densitas
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v.  þicce þiccness.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þicness.” 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/31830.

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