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festnes

(n.)
Grammar
festnes, -ness, e; f.

A fastness ⬩ firmament ⬩ firmāmentum

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A fastness, firmament; firmāmentum Weorc handa his bodaþ festnes [MS. fesnesse] ŏpĕra mănuum ejus annuntiat firmāmentum, Ps. Spl. T. 18, 1

firwet-geornes

(n.)
Grammar
firwet-geornes, -ness, e; f.

Curiosity ⬩ anxiety ⬩ sollĭcĭtūdo

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Curiosity, anxiety; sollĭcĭtūdo, Cot. 60

Linked entry: feorwit-geornes

fit

(n.)
Grammar
fit, fitt, e; f.

A song ⬩ poem ⬩ cantĭlēna ⬩ carmen

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A song, poem; cantĭlēna, carmen Ðá se Wísdóm ðas fitte asungen hæfde when Wisdom had sung this song, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 106, 29. On fitte in song, verse, Bt. Met. Fox introduc. 17; Met. Einl. 9

Linked entry: fittan

flównys

(n.)
Grammar
flównys, -nyss, e; f.

A flowing ⬩ flux ⬩ torrent ⬩ fluxus ⬩ torrens

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A flowing, flux, torrent; fluxus, torrens Ðæt wíf wæs þrówiende blódes flównysse mŭlier fluxum pătiēbātur sanguīnis, Bd. l, 27; S. 494, 5. Burnan oððe flównyssa unrihtwísnyssa gedréfdun me torrentes inīquĭtātis conturbāvērunt me, Ps. Lamb. 17, 5

folc-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
folc-rǽden, -rǽdenn, e; f.

A nation's law ⬩ plēbiscītum

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A nation's law; plēbiscītum Sum mæg folcrǽdenne gehycgan one may deliberate a nation's law, Exon. 79a; Th. 295, 32; Crä. 42

for-búgennys

(n.)
Grammar
for-búgennys, -nyss, e; f.

An avoiding ⬩ eschewing ⬩ a declining ⬩ declīnātio

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An avoiding, eschewing, a declining; declīnātio, Som. Ben. Lye

fóre-teohung

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-teohung, -teohhung, e; f.

Predestination ⬩ prædestĭnātio

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Predestination; prædestĭnātio Sió godcunde fóreteohhung is ánfeald and unawendendlíc the divine predestination is simple and unchangeable, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 16. Be ðære fóreteohunga Godes concerning the predestination of God, Bt. titl. xxxix; Fox xviii

fóre-þancolnes

(n.)
Grammar
fóre-þancolnes, -ness, e; f.

Forethought ⬩ prudence ⬩ prūdentia

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Forethought, prudence; prūdentia Seó smeáung mínre heortan wile sprecan fóreþancolnesse medĭtātio cordis mei lŏquētur prūdentiam. Ps. Th. 48, 3

fore-writennes

(n.)
Grammar
fore-writennes, -ness, e; f.

Proscription ⬩ banishment ⬩ exile ⬩ proscriptio

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Proscription, banishment, exile; proscriptio, Som. Ben. Lye

for-gefenes

(n.)
Grammar
for-gefenes, -ness, e; f.

Forgiveness

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Forgiveness, Ps. C. 50, 37; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 37

for-gitelnes

(n.)
Grammar
for-gitelnes, -ness, e; f.

Forgetfulness ⬩ a forgetting ⬩ oblīvio

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Forgetfulness, a forgetting; oblīvio Ne forgitelnes byþ ðæs þearfan non oblīvio ĕrit paupĕris, Ps. Lamb. 9, 19

for-gýmednes

(n.)
Grammar
for-gýmednes, -ness, e; f.

Neglect ⬩ neglĭgentia

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Neglect; neglĭgentia, Som. Ben. Lye

for-hergung

(n.)
Grammar
for-hergung, -heriung, e; f.

A molesting ⬩ devastation ⬩ annoyance ⬩ trouble ⬩ vastātio ⬩ infestātio

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A molesting, devastation, annoyance, trouble; vastātio, infestātio Mid forhergunge gebysmerad disgraced by pillage, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 1: Cot. 108

Linked entries: hergung sorheriunge

for-lorenes

(n.)
Grammar
for-lorenes, -ness, e; f.

FORLORNNESS ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdĭtio

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FORLORNNESS, destruction; perdĭtio Ic geseó me stówe gegearwode beón éccre forlorenesse mihi lŏcum despĭcio æternæ perdĭtiōnis esse præpărātum, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 29. On lyre oððe on forlorenesse in perdĭtiōne, Ps. Lamb. 87, 12

fór-mǽrnes

(n.)
Grammar
fór-mǽrnes, -ness, e; f.

Brightness ⬩ glory ⬩ renown ⬩ clārĭtas

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Brightness, glory, renown; clārĭtas Fórmǽrnes and genyht renown and abundance, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 23, note 8

forþ-ferednes

(n.)
Grammar
forþ-ferednes, -ness, e; f.

A going forth ⬩ departure ⬩ death ⬩ ŏbĭtus ⬩ transmigrātio

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A going forth, departure, death; ŏbĭtus,transmigrātio Ongeáton hí on ðon, ðæt heó to ðon ðider com, ðæt heó hire sǽde ða neáh-tíde hire forþferednesse ex quo intellexēre quod ipsa ei tempus suæ transmigrātiōnis in proxĭmum nunciāre vēnisset, Bd. 4, 9

Linked entry: feredness

for-þriccednes

(n.)
Grammar
for-þriccednes, -ness, e; f.

A pressing ⬩ an oppression ⬩ distress ⬩ anxiety ⬩ pressūra

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A pressing, an oppression, distress, anxiety; pressūra Þeóda forþriccednes pressūra gentium, Lk. Bos. 21, 25

for-weorþenes

(n.)
Grammar
for-weorþenes, -ness, e; f.

A coming to nothing ⬩ perishing ⬩ ruin

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A coming to nothing, perishing, ruin; intĕrĭtus Ðis wæs swíðe gedeorfsum geár hér on lande and þurh orfcwealm and wæstma forweorþenesse this was a very grievous year in the land, both through murrain of cattle and perishing of fruits. Chr. 1103; Erl.

for-werednys

(n.)
Grammar
for-werednys, -nyss, e; f.

Old age ⬩ sĕnium

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Old age; sĕnium On ylde and forwerednysse in sĕnectam et sĕnium, Ps. Spl. 70, 19

Linked entry: for-weorenness

for-wyrpnes

(n.)
Grammar
for-wyrpnes, -ness, e; f.

A rejection ⬩ abjectio

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A rejection; abjectio Ic eom forwyrpnes oððe aworpennys folces ĕgo sum abjectio plēbis, Ps. Lamb. 21, 7

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