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tó-wesness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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tó-wesness, -wesenness, -wisness, e; f.
separation, dissolution, divorce
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  • Tówesnes vel tólésednes

    dissolutio, dispersio,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 40.

  • Tówesnisse

    defortii,

      Txts. 181, 41.
difference, disagreement, discord, dissension
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  • Hé sǽwþ ðone sticel ðæs andan óððæt ðǽr of áweoxþ tówesnes, and of ðære tówesnesse biþ ðæt fýr onǽled ðære feóunga . . . Se se ðæt wæter út forléte wǽre fruma ðære tówesnesse

    seminantur stimuli, oriuntur rixae, accenduntur faces odiorum . . . Qui dimittit aquam, caput est jurgiorum.

      Past. 38; Swt. 279, 9-13.

  • Hú lináberendlíc gylt sió tówesnes

    (discordia)

    biþ,
      46; Swt. 349, 15.

  • Wæs tówesnes geworden

    crea dissensione,

      Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 15.

  • Ðá sóhte Colemannus ðysse tówisnesse (-wesennesse, MS. B. ) and ðysse unsibbe lǽcedóm

    quaesivit Colmanus huic dissensioni remedium,

      4, 4; S. 571, 6.

  • Ðonne hé him ondrǽt ða tówesnesse útane

    dum humana foras jurgia metuunt,

      Past. 46; Swt. 351, 23.
Etymology
[Cf. ge-weorþan to agree: Goth. ga-wairthi peace.]
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v.  -wesenness.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-wesness.” 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/30933.

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