gítsiend-ness
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Avarice Ðá deóflican eahta leahtras . . . gítsiendnes ( avaritia ), Wlfst. 188, 36
gifol-ness
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Liberality, munificence Sint tó manienne ðá ðe mildheortlíce sellað . . . ðý lǽs sió gídsung ðæs lǽnan lofes ádwǽsce ðæt leóht ðǽre giofolnesse, oððe eft sió giofolness sié gemenged wið unrót-nesse, oððe eft for dǽm giefum his mód fægnige ne dationis
Linked entry: gifelness
hæbbed-ness
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Continence (?), restraint Ꝥ wé ne gefremmon gylta ǽnigne, ac ꝥ þonne se dæg gewít sýn wé clǽne þurh líchaman úres hæbbednysse, Angl. viii. 320, 3
hár-ness
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Greyness of hair, grey hair [Eld]ra hárnes senum canities, Kent. Gl. 762. Oþ þá grǽgan hárnesse usque cigneam (vetulae senectutis) canitiem, An. Ox. 1877. Hárnessa canos (suos cum dolore ducentes ad inferos ), 3367
hárweng-ness
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Greybeardedness, old age: — Hárwengnes canities, gravitas, senectus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 22
hát-ness
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Hotness, heat Se(ó) háte sunne scíneþ and þurh þára sunnan hátnesse se heáp wyrðeþ onǽled, E. S. viii. 478, 82
hál-ness
Similar entry: wan-hálness
-hafen-ness
Similar entry: á-hafenness
hefigtím-ness
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Náne ús lífes cwylmige hefigtémnessa nulla nos vitę crucient molesta, Hy. S. 143, 10. Út ánýddum wæteres hefig-témnyssum pulsis aque molestiis, 19, 31. Add:
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
híwleás-ness
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Híwleás (híwleásnes?, híwleást? Cf. híwlǽs-lǽs, Hpt. Gl. 510, 7) deformatio, An. Ox. 4462. For 'deformitas, Som.' substitute
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
hlútor-ness
sincerity ⬩ simplicity
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sincerity, simplicity Micle swýðor is tó hál-sienne ealra gesceafta Drihten mid ealre eáðmódnesse and mid ealre underþeódnesse and módes hlútternesse (cum omni humilitate et puritatis devolione) . . . Mid úre heortan hlútternesse (puritate) . . . úre
hleów-ness
Warmth ⬩ sunniness
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Warmth, sunniness Hleównys apricitas (omitted after Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 33), Angl. viii. 451
hréred-ness
Similar entry: hrér-ness
hrére-ness
Similar entry: hrér-ness
hrér-ness
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On his ymbehwyrfte bið swíþe mycel hrérenes, Verc. Först. 133, 16. Þysne dæg wé ús on mycelre rérnesse tóweardne ongytan magon, 130, 20. On hrérnisse in commotione(m), Bl. Gl. (under onhrérnisse; but see Angl. xxi. 237). Add