hwæt-ness
Quickness ⬩ agility
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Quickness, agility Seó fægernes and seó hwætnes ðæs líchoman geblissaþ ðone mon pulcritudo atque velocitas videntur præstare celebritatem, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 8
lǽd-ness
production
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A bringing forth, production On ðæs tuddres lǽdnysse in prolis prolatione, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 21 note
langsum-ness
Length
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Length Langsumnysse daga longitudinem dierum, Ps. Spl. 20, 4. Swá ðæt hí ne beón þurh ða deópnysse ǽmóde ne þurh ða langsumnysse ǽþrytte so that they be not discouraged by the deepness, nor wearied by the length, Homl. Th. ii. 446, 8. Ealle óðre dagas
leoþuwác-ness
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mægenþrym-ness
Majesty ⬩ magnificence ⬩ glory
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Majesty, magnificence, glory His mægenþrymnes (-þrymmes, MS.) micellíc standeþ magnificentia opus ejus, Ps. Th. 110, 2. Mæg[en]þrymnysse majestatis, Hpt. Gl. 486, 18. Ælmihtig God, ánes gecyndes, and ánre mægenþrymnisse on ánre godcundnysse, Hexam. 2
ge-neát
A companion, associate, vassal
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A companion, associate, vassal Big-standaþ me strange geneátas ða ne willaþ me æt ðam stríðe geswícan strong companions stand by me who will not fail me at the strife, Cd. 15; Th. 18, 36;Gen. 284. Geneát inquilinus, Cot. 108: parasitus, 152. Byrhtwold
strec-ness
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stýr-ness
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þǽr-néhst
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Next to that Godes grið is ealra griða geornost tó healdanne, and þǽrnéhst þæs cynges, L. Eth. vii. 1; Th. i. 330, 3
weorod-ness
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Sweetness Ðeós werodnys (weorodnes, v.l.) hoc nectar, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 16 ; Zup. 42, 7. Weorodnyss dulcedo, Hy. Surt. 98, 17. Werednes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 10. Werodnes, Ps. Lamb. 30, 20. Werednesse dulcedinem, Anglia xiii. 369, 48, Him ne lícaþ on his gecorenum
wræcce-ness
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ágen-ness
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Substitute: A property Seó sunne hæfð ðreó ágen-nyssa on hire. Hml. Th. i. 282, 8 : ii. 606, II
ambeht-ness
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Service Embihtnisse hé gefe Gode obsequium se praestare Deo, Jn. R. 16, 2
-blinnend-ness
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cwealm-ness
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cen-ness
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child-birth ꝥ sár þǽre cennesse, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 78, 24. nativity, birthday Dæg cennisse die natalis, Mt. L. 14, 6. Cennisse his natalis sui, Mk. L. 6, 21
creás-ness
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fineness, elegance (of dress) Wé mid heortan creásnysse ( cultu cordis) sceolon God sécan swíðor þonne mid reáfes prýton . . . reáfes creásnysse (cultum uestium) . . . an reáfes creásnysse (studio uestium ), Nap. 14. elation, pride Elationis orgelnysse