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biter-nys

  • noun [ feminine ]
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biter-nys, -nyss, e; f.
BITTERNESS; amaritudo
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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.
  • Heortan biternys

    bitterness of heart,

      Homl. Th. ii. 220, 18.
  • Ðæs múþ full is biternysse

    cujus os plenum est amaritudine,

      Ps. Spl. second 9, 8.
  • Nolde his onbyrian for ðære biternysse

    he would not taste it for its bitterness,

      Homl. Th. ii. 254, 18, 19.
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v.  bitter-nes.
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  • biter-nys, n.