sleg-neát
A beast to be slaughtered ⬩ a ewe to be slaughtered
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A beast to be slaughtered Hé geselle éghwelce gére tuá slegneát (slægnǽt) Chr. 852; Erl. 67, 39 Ch. Th. 105, 4
Linked entries: neát sliht-swín
hlíseádig-ness
Renown, ⬩ celebrity; ⬩ claritudo.
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Renown, celebrity; claritudo. Bt. 33,1; Fox 122, 3
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
here-net
A war-net ⬩ coat of mail ⬩ corslet
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A war-net, coat of mail, corslet, Beo. Th. 3110; B. 1553
bíg-nes
A bending, bowing ⬩ flexio
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A bending, bowing; flexio Se earm nǽnige bígnesse on ðam elnbogan hæfde brachium nihil prorsus in cubito flexionis habuit, xBd. 5, 3; S. 616, 23
Linked entry: býgnes
carleás-nes
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Freedom from care, security, CARELESSNESS; securitas, Ælfc. Gl. 89; Som. 74, 113; Wrt. Voc. 51, 26
Linked entry: cearleás-nes
efen-neáh
Equally near ⬩ æque vīcīne
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Equally near; æque vīcīne Stríceþ ymbútan efenneáh gehwæðer it holds its course around equally near everywhere. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 282; Met. 20, 141
Linked entry: emn-neáh
fór-nefe
A nephew's daughter ⬩ proneptis
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A nephew's daughter; proneptis. Som. Ben. Lye
full-neáh
Full nigh ⬩ very near ⬩ valde propinquus
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Full nigh, very near; valde propinquus Wæs se feónd fullneáh the foe was very near, Cd. 32; Th. 43, 10; Gen. 688
Linked entry: ful-neáh
ful-neáh
full nigh ⬩ very near
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full nigh, very near
hræd-ness
Quickness ⬩ rapidity
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Quickness, rapidity Wundorlícre hrædnysse with wonderful quickness, Herb. 18, 4; Lchdm. i. 112, 1. Ond wé ðá mid wunderlícre hreðnysse porrum ðone cyning ofercwomon mira celeritate poro rege devicto, Nar. 4, 4. Se on hrædnesse swá mycele menigo heora
hreóf-ness
Leprosy
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Leprosy Hreófnis swá snáw lepra quasi nix, Num. 12, 10
hreów-ness
Penitence ⬩ repentance ⬩ sorrow ⬩ contrition
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Penitence, repentance, sorrow, contrition Æfter his dǽdbóte hreównysse post pœnitentiæ contritionem, L. Ecg. P. Th. ii. 170, 13. Hreównisse [hréunisse, Rush.] pœnitentiam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 21. Hreónisse, 3, 8. Hreáwnise, 21, 29: Mk. Skt. Lind. 6,
hreów-ness
Similar entry: wælhreówness
hrine-ness
Touching ⬩ contact
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Touching, contact Fram werelíce hrinenesse a viri contactu, Bd. 4, 19; S. 587, 37. Mid ða ylcan hrinenesse eodem tactu, 31; S. 610, 34
hwít-ness
Whiteness
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Whiteness Seó reádnes ðære rósan and seó hwítnes ðære lilian, Blickl. Homl. 7, 30: Homl. Th. i. 444, 14. His gewǽda scinon on snáwes hwítnysse his raiment shone with the whiteness of snow, ii. 242, 7
hwurful-ness
Changeableness ⬩ mutability
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Changeableness, mutability Ða twigu ðære hwurfulnesse genimina mutabilitatis, Past. 42, 3; Swt. 308, 1. Hió hit gecýþ self mid hire hwurffulnesse ðæt hió biþ swíðe wancol se instabilem mutatione demonstrat, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 34
hwyrf-ness
Giddiness
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Giddiness Wið brægenes hwyrfnesse, Lchdm. iii. 70, 20
hygdig-ness
Chastity ⬩ modesty
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Chastity, modesty Hygdignisse castitatis, Rtl. 77. 33: 103. 40. Hygdignisse pudore, 110, 5
hýn-ness
Humiliation ⬩ abasement ⬩ proscription
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Humiliation, abasement, proscription Unsceaþþiendra hýnnysse proscriptionibus innocentum, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 25, note