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humility, meekness
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  • Eádmódnys

    humilitas,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 28.

  • Þæt wæs ánrǽdlicu eáþmódnes ꝥ heó sylf hié þeówen nemde,

      Bl. H. 13, 13.

  • Éðmódnisse

    humilitas,

      Rtl. 100, 11.

  • Be ðám twelf stæpum ealre eáðmódnesse,

      R. Ben. 23, 16.

  • Eallon þám tó hǽlde þe his hálgan líchoman mid ealre eádmódnysse séceað,

      Chr. 1023; P. 156, 26.

  • Hé geseah his þínene eádmódnesse (éðmódnisse,

      R.), Lk. 1, 48.

  • Édmódnise

    humilitatem,

    p.
      8, 10.

  • Hié him ongeán cómon and his mid eáþmódnessum anféngon,

      Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 14.
gentleness, graciousness, kindness
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  • Secggan wé Gode þanc ealra his miltsa and his eáðmódnessa and his geofena,

      Bl. H. 103, 26.

  • Ealra his eáðmódnessa and fremsumnessa,

      115, 23.

  • Be þǽm eádmódnessum and mildheortnessum,

      103, 18.
Etymology
[O. E. Hml. eadmodnesse: A. R. edmodnesse: Orm. æddmodnesse.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eáþ-módnes.” 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/43576.

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