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mann-þwǽrness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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mann-þwǽrness, e; f.
Gentleness, meekness, courtesy
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  • Forðam oft gebyreþ ðæm monþwǽran ðonne hé wierþ riéce ofer óðre menn ðæt hé for his monnþwǽrnesse ásláwaþ and wierþ tó unbeald forðæm sió unbieldo and sió monnþwǽrnes bióþ swíðe anlíce

    nonnunquam enim mansueti, cum praesunt, vicinum et quasi juxta positum torporem desidiae paniuntur,

    • Past. 40, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 287, 24.

  • Manþwǽrnes

    mansuetudo,

    • Ps. Th. 89, 12: 131, 1.

  • Mycelre monþwǽrnysse (

    mansuetudinis

    )

    mon,

    • Bd. 3, 3
      • ;
    • S. 525, 31.

  • On his hátheortnesse (

    fervor)

    and on his monþwǽrnesse

    (mansuetudo )

    ,
    • Past. 21, tit
      • ;
    • Swt. 151, 6.

  • Scearpnyssa beóþ áwende tó sméðum wegum, ðonne ða yrsigendan mód, and unlíþe gecyrraþ tó manþwǽrnysse,

    • Homl. Th. i. 362, 30: ii. 226, 9: Blickl. Homl. 33, 29.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “mann-þwǽrness.” 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/22382.

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