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dréfednes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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dréfednes, drefed-ness, drefed-nyss, e; f.
Vexation, affliction, tribulation; vexātio, afflictio, tribulātio
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  • Syððon cómon [comen MS.] ealle dréfednysse [MS. dræuednysse] and ealle ifele to ðone mynstre

    after that all troubles and all evils came to the monastery,

    • Chr. 1066
    • ;
    • Erl. 203,
    • 31.
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ge-dréfednes
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  • dréfednes, n.