mid-ness
Middle ⬩ midst
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Middle, midst In midnesse ðæs mynstres ... wit wǽron on midnesse miccles eges; ðá genámon wit on midnysse ðæs eówdes twegen buccan, Shrn. 41, 20-27
mirig-ness
Pleasantness ⬩ sweetness ⬩ music
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Pleasantness, sweetness (of sound), music Myrgnis musica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 45
missenlíc-ness
Variety ⬩ diversity
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Variety, diversity Ðanon him wæs eágena missenlícnes geseald thence was given him variety of eyes, Salm. Kmbl. 180, 14. Ðeós wyrt is gecweden iris illyrica of ðære missenlícnysse (variegated character ) hyre blóstmena, for ðý ðe is geþuht ðæt heó ðone
módig-ness
Pride ⬩ Highmindedness ⬩ magnanimity ⬩ greatness of mind which does not resent injury
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in a bad sense, Pride Módignys superbia, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 26. Se eahteoða heáfodleahter is módignyss (þe ehtuðe sunne is ihatan superbia, þet is on englisc modinesse, O. E. Homl. i. 103, 33), Homl. Th. ii. 218, 22. Flǽsces tóbryte módignesse carnis terat
mónaþseóc-ness
Lunacy
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Lunacy Wið mónoþseócnysse, gyf man ðás wyrte ðam mónoþseócan ligcgendon ofer álegþ, sóna hé hyne sylfne hálne up áhefþ, Herb. 66, 2; Lchdm. i. 170, 4
wiþerweard-ness
hostility ⬩ contention ⬩ opposition ⬩ perversity ⬩ frowardness ⬩ depravity ⬩ arrogance ⬩ unfavourable condition ⬩ adverse circumstance ⬩ adversity ⬩ contrariety ⬩ diversity
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hostility, contention, opposition. Similar entries v. wiþer-weard, I Nis ðǽr ege, ne geflit, ne yrre, ne nǽnig wiþerweardnes, Blickl. Homl. 25, 32. Hé wearð grǽdig ðæs gódan deáþes bútan ǽlcre scylde and ǽlcre wiðerweardnesse wið hine he (David) was
blend-ness
Blindness
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Blindness Blendnise cecitate, Rtl. 38, 9
etol-ness
Gluttony ⬩ voracity
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Gluttony, voracity Ettulnysse mid leahtre edacitatis vitio, Scint. 55, 6
Linked entry: ettulnys
feásceaft-ness
Poverty
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Poverty Fǽsceaftnes paupertas, An. Ox. 1171
Linked entry: fǽsceaft-ness
hín-ness
subjecting ⬩ destruction
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a trampling upon, subjecting Ic salde iów mæhte hénnisse (hénisæs, L.) ł niðrunge. ofer nédre dedi uobis potestatem calcandi supra serpentes, Lk. R. 10, 19, a laying waste, destruction Godes cyricena hýnnysse (bærnesse, v. l.) and slege martyra unblinnendlíce
hneáw-ness
Stinginess, ⬩ parsimony, ⬩ niggardliness
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Stinginess, parsimony, niggardliness Monig mon déþ micel fæsten, and hæfþ ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit dó for forhæfdnesse and déþ hit ðeáh for hneáwnesse and for feohgítsunge many a man fasts much, and has the reputation of doing it for abstinence, and yet
hohful-ness
Anxiety, ⬩ care, ⬩ trouble
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Anxiety, care, trouble Sǽde ic mínum witun mines módes hohfulnysse I told the anxiety of my mind to my 'witan,' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 349, 11
hohmód-ness
Anxiety, ⬩ trouble, ⬩ care
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Anxiety, trouble, care, Som
beald-ness
Boldness
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Boldness Hé mid micelre baldnesse cíðde ꝥ se Hǽlend wǽre sóð Godes sunu, Shrn. 31, 34
feax-net
A hair-net ⬩ net-work cap for confining the hair ⬩ rētĭcŭlum căpillis contĭnendis ⬩ rīcŭla
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A hair-net, net-work cap for confining the hair; rētĭcŭlum căpillis contĭnendis, rīcŭla Feaxnet rētĭcŭlum, Ælfc. Gl. 4; Som. 55, 89; Wrt. Voc. 66, 59: rīgŭla [ = rīcŭla, Car. Ains.], Som. 55, 96; Wrt. Voc. 16, 66
fisc-net
A net of fishes ⬩ fishing net ⬩ piscium rēte ⬩ piscātorium rēte
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A net of fishes, fishing net; piscium rēte, piscātorium rēte Hí tugon hyra fiscnett trăhentes rēte piscium, Jn. Bos. 21, 8. Hwý gé ne settan on sume dúne fiscnet eówru why do ye not set your fishing nets on some hill? Bt. Met. Fox 19, 21; Met. 19, 11
fleóh-net
A fly-net ⬩ net for keeping off flies ⬩ cōnōpeum ⬩ κωνωπεῖον
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A fly-net, net for keeping off flies; cōnōpeum = κωνωπεῖον Fleóhnet cōnōpeum, Ælfc. Gl. 84; Som. 73, 92; Wrt. Voc. 48, 30. Fleóhnet vel micgnet cōnōpeum, 106; Som. 78, 42; Wrt. Voc. 57, 24. Ðǽr wæs eallgylden fleóhnet there was an all-golden fly-net,
Linked entry: fleóg-ryft
heard-neb
Having a hard beak
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Having a hard beak [epithet of the raven] Ðá cwæþ se hálga tó ðám heardnebbum then said the saint to the ravens, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 15