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slæcness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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slæcness, e; f.
Sloth, inertness, laziness
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  • Slecnes

    accidia,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 73
      • :
    • 97, 5

  • Scleacnes

    pigredo,

    • Kent. Gl. 694
      • .
slowness of physical movement
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  • Swá swá ðære sunnan sleacnys ácenþ ǽnne dæg and áne niht . . . swá eác ðæs mónan swiftnys áwyrpþ út ǽnne dæg and áne niht,

    • Lchdm. iii. 264, 19
      • .
slowness in action
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  • Ðæs þeówes sleacnys

    (he seemed long in doing his errand),

    • Shrn. 43, 15
      • .

  • Wæs beboden ðæt hi sceoldon caflíce etan, forðan ðe God onscunaþ ða sleacnysse on his þegnum.

    • Homl. Th. ii. 282, 3
      • .
mental inertness
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  • Nú wolde ic ðæt ða æðela[n] clericas ásceócon fram heora andgites orþance alce sleacnysse,

    • Anglia viii. 301, 4
      • .
remissness, slowness in performance of duty
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  • Oft eác sió gódnes ðære monþwǽrnesse biþ diégellíce gemenged wið sleacnesse . . . Wé sculon manian ða manþwǽran ðæt hié fleón ðæt ðǽr suíðe neáh liegeþ ðære monnþwǽrnesse, ðæt is sleacnes,

    • Past. 40
      • ;
    • Swt. 289, 18-22
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “slæcness.” 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/27923.

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