wan-hálness
- noun [ feminine ]
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Ðæm abbode is á tó behealdenne heora (fratrum infirmorum) wanhálnes (imbecillitas), R. Ben. 75, II. Wanhálnysse
(debilitate)
ealles líchaman,- Scint. 38, 7.
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Dysig æfter untrumnysse his ongyt, and æfter wanhálnysse
(inbecillitatem)
gecyndes his wát,- 97, 15.
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Bróþor se untruma gif hé gefrét hys weaxan wanhálnysse
(inbecillitatem),
Anglia xiii.- 442, 1102.
- Cf. wan-hæ̂lþ.
Bosworth, Joseph. “wan-hálness.” 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/34662.
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