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gifol-ness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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gifol-ness, e; f.
Liberality, munificence
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  • Sint tó manienne ðá ðe mildheortlíce sellað . . . ðý lǽs sió gídsung ðæs lǽnan lofes ádwǽsce ðæt leóht ðǽre giofolnesse, oððe eft sió giofolness sié gemenged wið unrót-nesse, oððe eft for dǽm giefum his mód fægnige ne dationis lumen laudis transitoriae appetitio extinguat; ne oblatum munus conjuncta tristitia obsideat; ne in oblato munere animus hilarescat, Past. 321, 22 Gifel-nesse

    munificentia, largitate

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      Hpt. Gl. 466, 57.
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v. rúmgifolnes.
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v.  gifelness.
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