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ge-hendnys

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ge-hendnys, -nyss, e; f.
Nearness, proximity, vicinity; proxĭmĭtas, vīcīnĭtas
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  • Gehendnys

    vīcīnĭtas,

    • Glos. Prudent. Recd. 139, 47
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  • Ða geswuteliaþ gehendnysse

    they express vicinity,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 50
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  • On gehendnysse his mynstres

    in the neighbourhood of his monastery,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 174, 5
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  • ge-hendnys, n.