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wódness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
wódness, e; f.
madness, fury, frenzy, rage
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  • Wódnys

    rabies,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 71
      • :
    • 75, 58,

  • Ðá geáxode se cyning be ðam witseócum menn, hú se apostol hine fram ðære wódnysse áhredde,

      Homl. Th. i. 458, 9.

  • Wurdon áflígde deófla fram mannum, ða ðe on wódnysse ǽr wǽron gedrehte,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 199.

  • Hé of his gewitte wearð, and hine se feónd swýþe swencte mid ðære wódnysse,

    • Guthl. 12
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 56, 15.

  • Ðæt wíf wearð mid máran wódnysse(with greater fury) ástyrod.

    • Homl. Th. ii. 30, 15
      • :
    • Homl. Ass. 72, 170.

  • His sáwul is ðurh deófol gedreht; him is neód ðæt hé his ágene wódnysse tócnáwe,

      Homl. Th. ii. 110, 29.

  • On wódnessum ł gewytlýstum leásum

    in insanias falsas, Ps.

      Lamb. 39, 5.

  • Wodnyssa and réðnyssa

    furias atque ferocia,

      Hymn. Surt. 132, 18.
blasphemy,
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v. wód (1 a)
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  • Ðá sæt hé tǽlende ðone Hǽlend . . . His wódnys wearð gewrecen ðurh

      God, Homl. Ass. 60, 212.
Etymology
[
Wodnesse insania, furia, furor,
    Prompt. Parv. 531:
    Chauc.
woodnesse
:
O. H. Ger. wuotnessa dementia.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wódness.” 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/36394.

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