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beauty that is visible.
of a person. v. fæger,
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  • Se líchoma ealdaþ and his fægernes gewíteþ,

      Bl. H. 57, 29.

  • Fægernesse

    venustate (membrorum ),

      Hpt. Gl. 516, 50.

  • Wlitig mǽden*-*mann on wundorlicre fægernysse,

      Hml. A. 94, 82: 2, 26: Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 24.
of other living creatures
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  • Sió fealwe fægernes (

    fulva venustas (pavonis ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 62.
of things
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  • Hwæt belimpþ þé heora (

    sun, moon and stars

    ) fægernesse? hwæþer ðú durre gilpan ꝥ heora fægernes þín sié?,
      Bt. 14, 1; F. 40, 22.

  • Fægernes

    venustas (marmoris ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 73.

  • Þes middangeard wæs ealre fægernesse full,

      Bl. H. 115, 6.

  • Þá hié emb þá fægernesse þæs temples sprǽcan . . . hé cwæþ: 'Hwæt gé geseóþ ealle þá fægernessa þissa getimbra,

      77, 31.

  • Þá fægernesse þæs londes, Nar. 26, 25. (3 a)

    a beautiful thing, ornament

    :-- Beorhtra ðonne ealra heofona tunglu oððe on ealre eorðan sýn goldes and seolfres frætwednissa and fægernissa,
      Sal. K. p. 150, 18.
beauty, elegance of diction
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  • Áwend sprǽc tó óðrum híwe, hwílon for fægernysse, hwílon for neóde,

      Ælfc. Gr. Z. 294, 18.

  • Fægernyssa on lédensprǽce, hú heó betst gelógod beó,

      295, 4.
pleasantness, a pleasant, delightful condition
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  • Ne mæg nán man hit ásecgan ymbe þá fægernessa þe God hafað gegearwod þám mannum þe hine lufian willað,

      Hml. A. 167, 100.
moral or
spiritual beauty
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  • Seó fægernes þǽre sáule,

      Bl. H. 57, 31.

  • Brúcan his wuldres fægernesse,

      39, 24.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. fagar-nessi claritas.]
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v. un-, weorold-fægerness.
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