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ge-nihtsumnes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ge-nihtsumnes, -nyhtsumnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, -nis, -niss, e; f.
Abundance, plenty, copiousness, sufficiency; abundantia, ūbertas, cōpia
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  • Genihtsumnys abundantia vel

    cōpia,

      Wrt. Voc. 83, 40.
  • Genihtsum nys

    ūbertas,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 10, 7.
  • Gemynd genihtsumnesse wynsumnesse ðínre hí bylcettaþ

    mĕmŏriam abundantiæ suāvĭtātis tuæ eructābunt,

      Ps. Lamb. 144, 7.
  • On genihtsumnysse míne

    in abundantia mea,

      29, 7: 77, 25.
  • Híg beóþ gedrencte for genihtsumnisse húses ðínes

    inebriābuntur ab ūbertāte dŏmus tuæ,

      35, 9.
  • Ðære eorþan wæstmbǽrnysse and genihtsumnysse we nellaþ habban us to lífes brícum, ac to oferflówednyssum

    the fruitfulness and abundance of the earth we will not have for the uses of life, but as superfluities,

      Homl. Th. ii. 540, 10: 64, 35.
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v.  ge-nyhtsum-nes.
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