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un-nytness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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un-nytness, e; f.
Uselessness, frivolity, vanity, triviality
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  • Unnytnis

    nugacitas,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 5.
  • Unnytnes,

    • 60, 24.
  • Ǽrendwrecan unnytnesse

    nugigerelus,

    • 60, 21.
  • Hí on unnytenesse gewordene synt

    inutiles facti sunt,

    • Ps. Spl. T. 13, 4.
  • Ðæt on ðam hálgan Sunnandæge nán man hine tó unnytnesse tó swíðe ne geþeódde,

    • Wulfst. 227, 6.
  • Wé forbeódaþ ǽgðer ge geflitu, ge plegan, ge unnytta word, ge gehwelce unnytnesse in ðám hálgan stówum tó dónne,

    • L. E. I. 10
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 408, 23.
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v.  nytness.
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  • un-nytness, n.