for-hæfednes
- noun [ feminine ]
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Forhæfednyss [MS. -hefednyss]
abstĭnentia,
- Ælfc. Gr. 43 ;
- Som. 45, 7.
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He hæfde swýðe mycle geornnysse sibbe and sóþre lufan and forhæfdnesse and eádmódnysse
stŭdium vĭdēlĭcet pācis et cārĭtātis, contĭnentiæ et hŭmĭlĭtātis,
- Bd. 3, 17 ;
- S. 545, 7.
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Ða fægerestan býsne his gingrum forlét, ðæt he wæs micelre forhæfdnysse and forwyrnednesse lífes
sălūberrĭmum abstĭnentiæ vel contĭnentiæ clērĭcis exemplum relīquit,
- 3, 5 ;
- S. 526, 21.
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On forhæfednysse and on eádmódnysse
in continence and in humility,
- 4, 3 ;
- S. 569, 1, 37.
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Lifde se man his líf on mycelre forhæfdnesse
the man lived his life in great continence,
- 4, 25 ;
- S. 599, 28.
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Ðæt is wundor ðæt ðú swá réðe forhæfednesse and swá hearde habban wylt
mīrum quod tam austēram tĕnēre contĭnentiam vĕlis,
- 5, 12 ;
- S. 631, 33.
Bosworth, Joseph. “for-hæfednes.” 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/11516.
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