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for-weorþenes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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for-weorþenes, -ness, e; f.
A coming to nothing, perishing, ruin; intĕrĭtus
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  • Ðis wæs swíðe gedeorfsum geár hér on lande and þurh orfcwealm and wæstma forweorþenesse

    this was a very grievous year in the land, both through murrain of cattle and perishing of fruits.

    • Chr. 1103
    • ;
    • Erl. 239, 3.
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