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þicness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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þicness, e; f.
referring to the consistency of matter, thickness, viscosity. v. þicce, I
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  • Cnuca mid wíne on huniges þicnysse,

      Lchdm. i. 126, 12.
  • Gyf hwá mycelne hracan þolige, and hé ðone him eáþelíce fram bringan ne mæge for ðycnysse,

      284, 24.
  • Seóþ óþ ðæt ðæt hæbbe huniges þicnesse, ii. 190, 5.
referring to the lack of transparency, thickness, obscurity, cloud, darkness. v. þicce, II
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  • Genipu and þicnæs

    nubes et caligo,

      Ps. Spl. 96, 2.
  • Tegánre þicnysse

    rupto tenebrarum situ,

      Germ. 388, 43.
  • Of nyþerhreósendre þicnysse

    deciduo imbre,

      390, 79.
  • Wé ne magon for ðære fyrlynan heáhnysse and ðæra wolcna ðicnysse and for ure eágena tyddernysse hí (heofenan) nǽfre geseón,

      Lchdm. iii. 232, 16.
  • Ða þicnyssa smíces stigon upp

    the clouds of smoke rose up,

      Homl. Skt. i. 23, 36.
a thicket. v. þicce, III
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  • On ðicnessum

    in condensis,

      Ps. Lamb. 117, 27.
  • Ðicnyssa

    condensa,

      28, 9.
referring to dimension, thickness, depth, a thick body. v. þicce, IV
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  • Hreóflícre þicnesse

    elephantina callositate,

      Hpt. Gl. 519, 31.
  • Hit næfde eorþan þiccnesse

    non habebat altitudinem terrae,

      Mk. Skt. 4, 5.
  • Sweflenum þicnyssum

    sulphureis fammarum globis,

      Hpt. Gl. 499, 41.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. diknissa densitas.]
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v.  þicce.
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  • þicness, n.