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lang-ness

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Eorþena langnyss ná syndrað þá þe sóð lufu geþeód terrarum longitudo non separat quos caritas jungat Scint. 5, 13. Add

mæg-ness

Similar entry: un-mægness

-mǽn-ness

(suffix)

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mearuw-ness

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Mearunesse teneritudine, i. tenerum, fragile, molle, flexum, flexibile, An. Ox. 1492. Add

medtrum-ness

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Sió medtrymnes (mettrumnes, v. l.) ðæt mód gehwierfð gehwelces monnes hine selfne tó ongietanne molestia corporalis ad cognitionem sui mentem revocat, Past. 255, 15. Add

medum-ness

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medum-ness, I.
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Seó gyfu ne bið oncnáwen of þǽre medem*-*nysse, ac gewuna hí is tó getácnigenne of þǽre sáwle dǽdum, Hml. S. 23 b, 240. Ða medomnesse ðǽre strengio se salmscop ongeat hanc dignitatem fortitudinis Psalmista considerat, Past. 85, 22. Add

-menged-ness

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micel-ness

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adet; <b>I a.</b> a mass Wearð upp áscoten swýðlicu mycelnes þæs ungemǽtan stánclifes ingentis saxi moles erupta esl, Gr. D. 12, 9. Eall tóweaxen mid mycelnessum þára clifstána saxorum molibus asperum, 159, 26. Add Hú manigfeald is seó mycelnes

mid-ness

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In hiora midnesse, Shrn. 36, 14. Add

mild-ness

(n.)
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mild-ness, e; f.
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Mildness, gentleness Ne sceal swá líðe mildnes (lenitas) beón ꝥ ne forhæbbe þá syngunge, Chrd. 62, 21

mirig-ness

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missenlic-ness

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Ꝥ is án eádignes þe hí þǽr onfóþ, and ungelíc missenlicnes þæs edleánes (dispar retributionis qualitas), Gr. D. 315, 24. Seó missenlicnes (diversitas) manna líchamena . . . seó missenlicnes manna synna, 333, 23. Add

módig-ness

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módig-ness, <b>. I.</b>
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Þæt byð módignys, þæt ǽnig man forseó Godes beboda. Seó módignyss ys ealra unþeáwa angin and ealra mægna hryre, Wlfst. 2. 19, 4-7. Ǽlc yfel cymð of módignysse, Hml. A. 40, 405. Geseoh heora módignysse and úre æádmódnysse, 107, 163. Hé on assan hricge

náwiht-ness

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Ignauia, þæt is ábrodennyss oððe náhtnyss, Wlfst. 58, 18 ; Angl. xi. 109, 39. Add

nearu-ness

Grammar
nearu-ness, <b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b>
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a narrow space, a place of small extent Nearenesse ergastulo (e corporis ergastulo emigrare), An. Ox. 979. add Þám men bið þurst getenge and nearones. Lch. ii. 194, 2. For manegum nearonessum ic neálǽhte mínum ende crebris angustiis ad exitum propinquans

neowol-ness

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Add: of a deep place on earen Ofer þá stówe ufon wæs hangiende unmǽte stánclif, and eác beneoðan swíþe deóp neowelnys (niwolnys, niolnes, v.ll.) ginode in loco ingens desuper rupes eminet, et profundum subter praecipitium patet, Gr. D. 52, 18. Under

nídþearf-ness

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Add Neádendre neádþea[r]fnesse tó wræcsíðiende cogente necessitate peregrinandi, An. Ox. 269. <b>I a.</b> what is unavoidable :-- Neádþear[f]nysse débitum (naturae), An. Ox. 1987. add: where there is idea of want Hí wǽron gefédde mid þaes

nyten-ness

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Add Ignorantia, ꝥ is nytennys, Angl. xi. 109, 40. Ꝥ hé on his ylde of ðám yfelan slǽpe his ǽrran nytennysse áríse, Hml. A. 53, 81: Hml. S. 14, 36 : 25, 788. Þý lǽs þe ǽnig ungecyrred woroldman mid his nytnesse and ungewitte regules geboda ábrǽce, Lch

orsorg-ness

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Add: <b>I a.</b> want of due care, carelessness Ꝥ úre folc ne wurðe losad þurh náne orsorhnesse (negligentia) bútan fulwihte and bisceopunge and predicunge, Chrd. 50, 4

rihtwís-ness

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Ðæt há sié gebunden tó ðǽre ryhtwiésnesse (-wís-, v. l.) (rectitudine), Past. 75, 6. Add