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hefig-ness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hefig-ness, e; f.
Heaviness, slowness, weight, grief, affliction
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  • Nán hæfignes ðæs líchoman ne mæg eallunga átión of his móde ða rihtwísnesse

    no heaviness of the body can altogether take away rectitude from his mind,

    • Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 29
    • :
    • 156, 12.
  • Ne geman heó ðære hefinysse

    non meminit pressuræ,

    • Jn. Skt. 16, 21.
  • Yfelra úserra hefignisse

    malorum nostrorum pondere,

    • Rd. 15, 30
    • :
    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 20, 12.
  • Hefignise gebær

    ægrotationes portavit,

    • 8, 17.
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  • hefig-ness, n.