sóftness
- noun [ feminine ]
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Heora fela wǽron mid olfendes hǽrum tó líce gescrýdde, and ðǽr láðode sóftnys,
- Homl. Th. ii. 506, 24.
- Mid sóftnysse and mid yfelum lustum, i. 270, 5: Homl. As. 15, 59.
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Ða ðe ðǽr (
in heaven
) singaþ ne swincaþ on ðam sange, ac mid sóftnysse bútan geswince hí heriaþ ðone- Hǽlend, 43, 470.
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Sóftnysse
luxuriam,
- Germ. 401, 19.
Bosworth, Joseph. “sóftness.” 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/28287.
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