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wrǽn-ness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wrǽn-ness, e ; f.
Wantonness, licentiousness, lasciviousness, lust
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  • Wránnes

    lascivia, ferveniia,

      Hpt. Gl. 432, 32.

  • Wrǽúnyss

    pelulantia,

      Hymn. Surt. 126, 28.

  • Wripnnes

    luxuria,

    • Fast. 43
      • ;
    • Swt. 309, 1.

  • Wrǽnnes, seó bið ǽlcum men gecynde

    gignendi opus, quod natura semper appetit,

    • Bt. 34, 11
      • ;
    • Fox 152, 12.

  • Ðú woldest brúcan ungemetlícre wrǽnnesse

    voluptariam vitam degas,

    • 32, l
      • ;
    • Fox 114, 21.

  • Sió wóde þrág ðære wrǽnnesse

    libido,

    • 37, i
      • ;
    • Fox 186, 18
      • :
    • Met. 25, 41.

  • Werlícere wrǽnnysse

    maritatis lasciviae (luxuriae ł petulantiaé),

      Hpt. Gl. 434, 61.

  • Se anga ðære wrǽnnesse

    aculei libidinis,

    • Past. 43
      • ;
    • Swt. 309, 16.

  • Ðæt mód hæfð fulfremedne willan tó ðære wrǽnnesse

    ejus animus voluptate luxuriae delectatur,

    • 11
      • ;
    • Swt. 73, 7.

  • Heó mid ungemetlícre wrǽnnesse (libidine ardens)mænigfeald geligre fremmende wæs,

    • Ors. 1, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 30, 28
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 7, 13
      • :
    • L. E. L 32
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 428, 33.

  • Nýtena willa tó nánum óþrum þingum nis áðenod bútan tó gífernesse and tó wrannesse

    pecudum omnis ad explendam corporalem lacunam festinat intentio,

    • Bt. 31
      • ;
    • Fox 112, 8.
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v. sin-wrǽnness.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wrǽn-ness.” 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/36568.

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