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scearpness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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scearpness, e; f.
Sharpness.
referring to the sight
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  • Scearpnes

    acies,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 19.
  • Sió scearpnes ðæs æpples

    acies pupillae,

      Past. 11, 4; Swt. 69, 3.
  • Seó scearpnes mínra eágena nis nú mid mé

    lumen oculorum meorum non est mecum, Ps.

      Th. 37, 10.
  • Heó (

    betony

    ) gegódaþ ðæra eágena scearpnesse,
      Lchdm. i. 72, 16.
  • Hí ðæs módes eágena scearpnesse náuht gebétaþ tó ðære sceáwunga ðære sóðan gesǽlþe,

      Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 32: Met. 21, 24.
referring to the mind
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  • On his módes scearpnesse

    aciem mentis,

      Past. 16, 1; Swt. 99, 9.
  • Wæs hé náwiht hefig . . . ne hé cnihtlíce gálnysse næs begangende . . . ac on his scearpnysse hé weóx,

      Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 13-20.
roughness of surface (v. scearp,
)
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  • Ealle wóhnyssa beóþ gerihte and scearpnyssa gesméðode,

      Homl. Th. i. 360, 34.
acidity, pungency
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  • Sió scearpnes

    the acidity of the humours,

      Lchdm. ii. 28, 1.
  • Ðæs ecedes afre scearpnes,

      224, 22.
  • Se líchama gefélþ ðæs sealtes scearpnesse,

      Wulfst. 35, 6.
efficacy
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  • For ðære sealfe scearpnesse (

    to make the salve effectual

    ) genim wífes meoluc, ii.
      28, 7.
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v. un-scearpness.
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