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frætwednes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
frætwednes, fretwednes, frætwædnys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.
An adorning, ornament, a trifle; ornātio, ornāmentum, crĕpundia
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  • He sende cyricean frætwednesse

    mīsit ornāmenta ecclāsiæ,

    • Bd. 1. 29
    • ;
    • S. 498, 10.
  • On eorþlícre frætwædnysse [fretwednesse MS. Ca.]

    in earthly adorning,

    • 3, 22
    • ;
    • S. 552, 20: Blickl. Homl. 195, 11
    • ;
    • 127, 3
    • ;
    • 207, 25.
  • Frætwednessa

    crepundia,

    • Cot. 56.
Derived forms
hrægel-gefrætwodnes
Linked entries
v.  ge-frætwodnes fretwednes.
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Word-wheel

  • frætwednes, n.