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wácmódness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wácmódness, e; f.
weakness of character, moral weakness
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  • Ðý læs sió scyld, ðe hiene costaþ, for his luste and for his wácmódnesse hine ofersuíðe

    ne vitium, quod tentat, mollitie delectationis subigat,

    • Past. 13
      • ;
    • Swt. 79, 22.
faintheartedness, want of courage, pusillanimity, cowardice
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  • Ignauia, ðæt is wácmódnys,

    • Wulfst. 52, 18.

  • Se fífta leahtor is unrótnys ðissere worulde. Of ðam bið ácenned wácmódnys.... and his sylfes orwénnys,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 220, 19.

  • Of wácmódnesse and of unbieldo oððe of untrymnesse módes oððe líchoman infirmitate,

    • Past. 21
      • ;
    • Swt. 159, 1.

  • Gedréfde mid wácmódnesse

    pusillanimitate turbatos,

    • 32
      • ;
    • Swt. 213, 6.

  • For wácmódnesse

    from want of courage,

    • 40
      • ;
    • Swt. 289, 3.

  • Ongeán módstaðolnysse and módes strencðe se deófol sendeþ wácmódnesse and lyðerne earhscype,

    • Wulfst. 53, 12.
weakness, feebleness
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  • Sí foresceáwod wácmódnyss (inbecillitas), nateshwón heom (old men and children) stíðnis regoles ná sí gehealdan on fódum,

    • R. Ben. Interl. 68, 14.

  • Untrumera wácmódnesse,

    • 72, 3.
Etymology
[Cf.
O. H. Ger. weih-mótí pusillanimitas, teneritudo
.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wácmódness.” 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/34191.

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