medmicel-ness
Smallness
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Smallness Medmicelnysse gástæs pusillanimitate spiritus, Ps. Spl. 54, 8
médum-ness
worth ⬩ dignity ⬩ kindness ⬩ condescension ⬩ appreciation of worth in others
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worth, dignity Medumnes (Cott. MSS. medomnes) dignitas, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 56, 25. Nán man for his ríce ne cymþ tó cræftum and tó medemnesse ac for his cræftum and for his medumnesse hé cymþ tó rice non virtutibus ex dignitate, sed ex virtute dignitatibus
mennisc-ness
humanity ⬩ human nature ⬩ incarnation ⬩ humaneness ⬩ humane behaviour
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humanity, human nature (generally in reference to Christ), incarnation Crist becom on hire innoþ and þurh hí on menniscnysse wearþ ácenned ( was born a man ), Homl. Th. i. 194, 8. Ne wearþ se Fæder mid menniscnysse befangen, 284, 23. Wé wurþiaþ úres
mildheort-ness
Mercy ⬩ compassion ⬩ pity ⬩ clemency
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Mercy, compassion, pity, clemency Hys mildheortnes misericordia ejus, Lk. Skt. 1, 50. Drihtnes mildheortnes, Blickl. Homl. 49, 24. Úre sáula smerian mid mildheortnesse ele, 73, 24. Þurh mildheortnesse weorc, 97, 2. Mid ánre mildheortnyssa sola clementia
wrǽn-ness
Wantonness ⬩ licentiousness ⬩ lasciviousness ⬩ lust
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Wantonness, licentiousness, lasciviousness, lust Wránnes lascivia, ferveniia, Hpt. Gl. 432, 32. Wrǽúnyss pelulantia, Hymn. Surt. 126, 28. Wripnnes luxuria, Fast. 43; Swt. 309, 1. Wrǽnnes, seó bið ǽlcum men gecynde gignendi opus, quod natura semper appetit
færen-ness
A passage ⬩ migration
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A passage, migration Tó færennisse . . . from færennisse ad transmigrationem . . . a transmigratione, Mt. R. 1, 17
feax-ness
Hair
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Hair Faexnis capillatur(a) (cf. fex, hǽr capillatura, An. Ox. 1214), Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 60. Locgewind vel fexnes capillatura, 128, 38
felasprecol-ness
Loquacity
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Loquacity Symle éstum felaspecolnyss (loquacitas) fyligð, Scint. 170, 18. Hwanne besmát hine seó scyld þǽre fealasprecolnesse? oþþe hú sceþede hine seó synn þǽre swígunge?, Bl. H. 169, 5. Sé þe hatað felaspeculnysse, hé ácwencð yfelnysse, Scint. 79,
felawyrd-ness
Talkativeness
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Talkativeness Ac hú byð ꝥ gif hit gelimpeð ꝥ se man ꝥ wyrignesse word ne gecwið tó his þám néhstan for hete and níþe, ac hit sceóteð forð þurh his tungan (for his felawyrdnesse and his tungan, v. l.) gýmeleásnesse quid si homo non fortasse ex malitia
flǽscen-ness
Incarnation
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Incarnation Þá hálgan flǽscennysse áres Drihtnes, Angl. viii. 324, i
híwcúþ-ness
Familiarity
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Familiarity. with a person Seó swǽslice híwcúþnes þǽre sóðan lufe caritatis familiaritas, Gr. D. 250, 8. Mid bylde þǽre híwcúðnysse ausu familiaritatis, 71, 24; 140, 7. with an action Bútan tó rǽdenne híwcuðnysse nisi legendi familiaritate, Scint. 220
híw-ness
Beauty ⬩ fairness
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Beauty, fairness Sindon óðre wíf ... heora líc bið on marmorstánes hwítnysse (híwnesse, v. l.) aliae sunt mulieres ... specioso corpore quasi marmore candido, Nar. 38, 10
hetol-ness
violence ⬩ severity ⬩ ferocity ⬩ rapacity
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as an attribute of a person, violence, severity Weámóde láreówas þurh hetolnysse (rabiem) heora réðscipes gehwyrfað þǽre láre gemet tó ungefóge þǽre wælhreównysse. Chrd. 70, 15. as an attribute of an animal, ferocity, rapacity Similar entries v. hetol
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hlúd-ness
Loudness ⬩ clamour
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Loudness, clamour Clamor on Englisc ys hlúdnys, Angl. viii., 332, 3
hlútorlic-ness
Sincerity ⬩ purity
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Sincerity, purity Syþþan hí þá hlúttorlicnysse his módes and þá clǽnnysse his lífes ongeáton probantes vitae illius sinceritatem et serenae mentis modestiam, Guth. Gr. 111, 84
hleów-ness
Warmth ⬩ sunniness
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Warmth, sunniness Hleównys apricitas (omitted after Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 33), Angl. viii. 451
hlíseádig-ness
Renown, ⬩ celebrity; ⬩ claritudo.
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Renown, celebrity; claritudo. Bt. 33,1; Fox 122, 3
wæl-net
The net of destruction
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The net of destruction (?),Cd. Th. 190, 20; Exod. 202
geap-neb
Crooked- ⬩ nibbed ⬩ with a bent beak ⬩ arched ⬩ curvātus
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Crooked- nibbed, with a bent beak, arched; curvātus Standeþ me hér on eaxelum Ælfheres láf, gód and geapneb Ælfhere's legacy stands here on my shoulders, good and crooked-nibbed, Wald. 94; Vald. 2, 19
neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ later ⬩ latter ⬩ last ⬩ latest
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nigh, near On ðam neáhgum mynstre [neáhnunnan-mynstre] de vicino virginum monasterio, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 4 note. Neágum proximis (cf. O. L. Ger. náan proximum ), Germ. 399, 409. Seó ús neárre Ægyptus, Ors. 1, I; Swt. 14, 3. Seó ús neárre Ispania, Swt.
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