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ge-swencness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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ge-swencness, e ; f.
Labour, hardship, trouble, distress
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  • Ús wæs swælc geswencnis mid deórum becymen

    tantus oriebatur tumultus,

      Nar. 14, 30.
  • Ne sprǽce hé . . . be Lazares geswencnesse

    (contritione),

    þá þá hé cwæð ꝥ hé onféncge manige yfel on his lífe.
      Gr. D. 310, 27.
  • For þám þingum swá monigra geswencnissa ꝥ wé ealle þá niht férdon mid þurste gewǽcte,

      Nar. II. 29.
  • Swá monigra geswencnissa and earfeðo,

      14. 23.
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  • ge-swencness, n.