biter-nys
- noun [ feminine ]
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Híg cómon to ðære stówe, ðe ys Mara genemned, ðæt ys on úre lýden biternys; ðá ne mihton híg drincan ðæt wæter, forðamðe hit wæs biter: ðá héton híg ealle his naman Mara, ðæt ys on úre lýden biternys
venerunt in Mara, nec poterant bibere aquas de Mara, eo quod essent amaræ, unde et congruum loco nomen imposuit vocans ilium Mara, id est amaritudinem,
- Ex. 15, 23.
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Heortan biternys
bitterness of heart,
- Homl. Th. ii. 220, 18.
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Ðæs múþ full is biternysse
cujus os plenum est amaritudine,
- Ps. Spl. second 9, 8.
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Nolde his onbyrian for ðære biternysse
he would not taste it for its bitterness,
- Homl. Th. ii. 254, 18, 19.
Bosworth, Joseph. “biter-nys.” 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/4519.
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