scortness
- noun [ feminine ]
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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.
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Manega synd gyt
coniunctiones,
ðe wé ne mágon nú secgan on ðissere sceortnysse,- Ælfc. Gr. 44 ; Zup. 266, 8.
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Wé habbaþ gesǽd on ðisre sceortnysse, hú God geswutelode ða sóðfæstan godspelleras,
- Homl. Skt. i. 15, 219.
Bosworth, Joseph. “scortness.” 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/26984.
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