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fretwednes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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fretwednes, fretwodnes, -ness, e; f.
An adorning, decoration; ornātio, decŏrāmentum
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  • On eorþlícre fretwednesse

    in earthly adorning,

    • Bd. 3, 22
    • ;
    • S. 552, 20, note.
  • Beóþ ðonne úre hrægla fretwodnes on ðam écan fýre wítnode

    then our decoration of garments will be punished in the eternal fire,

    • L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 394, 11.
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v. frætwednes.
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  • fretwednes, n.