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scortness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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scortness, e ; f.
shortness (of time)
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  • Ðonne byrneþ on scortnisse gramen hys

    cum exarsent in brevi ira ejus,

      Ps. Spl. 2, 13.
  • Ða scortnesse ðysse worulde and ða écnesse ðæs tóweardan lífes. Homl. As. 168, 117.
a short account, an epitome (cf. a brief, and v. scortlíce,
)
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  • Manega synd gyt

    coniunctiones,

    ðe wé ne mágon nú secgan on ðissere sceortnysse,
      Ælfc. Gr. 44 ; Zup. 266, 8.
  • Wé habbaþ gesǽd on ðisre sceortnysse, hú God geswutelode ða sóðfæstan godspelleras,

      Homl. Skt. i. 15, 219.
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  • scortness, n.