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ídel-ness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ídel-ness, e ; f.
Idleness, vanity, frivolity, uselessness, futility, emptiness, falseness
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  • Seó ýdelnes is ðære sáwle feónd

    idleness is an enemy of the soul,

    • L. E. I. 3
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 404, 11.

  • Ǽlces libbendes mannes mægen and anwald is ídelnes

    universa vanitas omnis homo vivens,

    • Ps. Th. 38, 6.

  • Ðonne hí mid fulle gesceáde ongietaþ ðæt ðæt wæs leás and ídelnes ðæt hí ǽr heóldon

    cum certo judicio deprehenderint falsa se vacue tenuisse,

    • Past. 58, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 441, 19.

  • Sebastianus cwæþ ðis is swutol gedwyld and leás ýdelnyss,

    • Homl. Skt. 5, 274.

  • Sanctus Paulus cwæþ ðæt sió gítsung wǽre hearga and ídelnesse geféra

    avaritia quæ est idolorum servitus,

    • Past. 21, 3
      • ;
    • Swt. 157, 6
      • .

  • On ídelnesse gé fæstniaþ eówer mód on him

    incassum cor figitis,

    • 51, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 395, 29.

  • Ne mínne noman ne cíg ðú on ídelnesse,

    • L. Alf. 2
      • ;
    • Th, i. 44. 7
      • .

  • Hierusalem winþ for rihtwísnysse and Babilonia winþ ongeán for unnhtwísnysse seó óðer for sóðfæstnysse óðer for ýdelnysse

    Jerusalem fights for righteousness, and Babylon fights in opposition for unrighteousness : the one for truth, the other for falsehood,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 66, 31.

  • Ða gímeleásan men ðe heora líf ádrugon on ealre ídelnisse

    the careless men who passed their lives quite idly,

    • Ælfc. T. Grn. 1, 13.

  • Nys eác mid ídelnysse tó forelǽtenne ðæt wundor ðe ðes hálga wer foresǽde

    nor is the wonder which this holy man foretold to be lightly dismissed,

    • Guthl. 19
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 77, 10 [cf. 70, 2].

  • Ne ðú manna bearn tó ídelnesse geworhtest

    non vane constituisti filios hominum,

    • Ps. Th. 88. 40
      • :
    • Bd. 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 567, 27.

  • Forhwan gé mid ídelnesse ealle áríseþ ǽrðon leóht cume

    in vanum est vobis ante lucem surgere,

    • Ps. Th. 126, 3.

  • Hwí lufige gé ídelnessa and sécaþ leásuncga

    quid diligitis vanitatem, et quæritis mendacium?

    • 4, 3.

  • Hé forlét ða ídelnesse deófolgylda

    relictis idolorum superstitionibus,

    • Bd. 2, 15
      • ;
    • S. 518, 26
      • .

  • Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worlde

    hæ sunt vanitates hujus mundi,

    • L. Ecg. P. 1, 8
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 174, 32
      • .

  • On ídelnyssum heora

    with their vanities,

    • Cant. Moys. ad fil. 21.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. tó ýdelnisse in vain
:
O. H. Ger. ídalnissa desolatio.
]
Linked entries
v.  ídel-gild.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ídel-ness.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20434.

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