slæcness
- noun [ feminine ]
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Slecnes accidia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 5, 73 : 97, 5- Scleacnes
pigredo,
- Kent. Gl. 694.
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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.
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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.
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Nú
wolde ic ðæt ða æðela [n] clericas ásceócon fram heora andgites orþance alce sieacnysse, Anglia viii. 301, 4.
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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.
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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