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smyltness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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smyltness, e; f.
Quiet, calm, serenity, tranquillity
of physical calm
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  • Ðá bebeád hé ðam winde and ðære sǽ, and ðǽr wearð geworden mycel smyltness

    • Mt. Kmbl. 8, 26.

  • Smyltnes

    • Mk. Skt. 4, 39
      • :
    • Blickl. Homl. 235, 9.

  • On smyltnysse lyfta

    serenitate aerum

    • Bd. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 474, 30.
the quiet of evening, evening
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  • Miððý éfern ł smyltnis, (sero) wére áwordæn

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 4, 35.

  • Smyltnise

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 16.

  • Næhtes smyltnisse

    noctis quiete

    • Rtl. 37, 35.
gentleness, quietness in action
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  • Hig hine mid ealre smyltnesse swá gelǽddon and on heora fiðerum bǽron, ðæt hé ne mihte ne on scipe fægeror gefered beón

    • Guthl. 5
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 40, 16, 14.
quiet, silence
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  • Smyltnisse gesette

    silentium inposuisset

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 22, 34.
placidity, calmness
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  • Cara cura, oferfǽt obesus, smyltnys pinguedo (placidity?)

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 11.
peace, tranquillity, quiet
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  • Smyltnes wæs ofor eorþan and sibba genihtsumnes

    • Blickl. Homl. 115, 9.

  • Ðurh ðæt wierð tóslieten sió stilnes hiera hiéremonna módes and biþ gedréfed sió smyltnes hiera lífes

    eo subditorum vitam dissipata quietis tranquillitate confundunt

    • Past. 40, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 289, 8.

  • Anweald on sibbe smyltnesse gehealdan

    • Lchdm. iii. 436, 13.

  • Swefn smyltnysse and glædnysse gehátaþ

    • 156, 14.

  • Tídlíc smyltnisse girǽce and líf gibrenga éce

    temporalem tranquilitatem tribuat et vitam conferat sempiternam

    • Rtl. 31, 28.
calmness, composure
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  • Ðý læs ða smyltnesse ðæs dómes gewemme tó hræd ierre

    • Past. 13
      • ;
    • Swt. 79, 13.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “smyltness.” 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/28192.

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