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nearu-þanc

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Feóndlices nearaþances ł hinderscypes spiritalis nequitiae, An. Ox. 378. Feóndlicra nearaþanca, bíswica spiritalium nequitiarum, i. fraudium, 763. Forlǽten wé . . . tǽlnessa and twy-sprǽcnessa, nlðas and nearoþancas, Verc. Först. 94, 3. Add

neód-full

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Nú bidde ic míne arceƀ and ealle míne leóƀ ꝥ hý ealle neódfulle beón ymbe Godes gerihta. Cht. E. 230, 14. Add

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

newe-seóþa

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Neuanseáda, naensída ilium, Txts. 68, 505. Naensood, 110, 1180. Add

Linked entry: nu-seóþa

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

rúmgifol-ness

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Add: liberality, &amp;c., of a person For þæs ælmihtigan Godes þǽre wundorlican rúmgeofulnesse (-gyfol-, v. l.) omnipotentis Dei mira largitate, Gr. D. 317, 22. abundance of a thing. material Manega seócnyssa metta of rúmgyfulnysse wé þolið plurimas

rúmheort-ness

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Rúmheo[rtnesse] munificentiam, An. Ox. 6, 181. Add

rúmmód-ness

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Add Þám hér byþ forgifen seó rúmmódnes and árfæstnes þára ælmæssylena and gódra weorca, Gr. D. 321, 23. Nolde hé nó ðá rúmmódnesse hátan mildheortness, ac ryhtwísnes non largitatem vocare misericordiam, sed justitiam maluit, Past. 337, 1

sceamfæst-ness

(n.)
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modesty Sceamfestnys (but the word glosses nuditas), An. Ox. 3672

sceó-ness

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Ic wundrige ꝥ ǽfre mihte swá mycclum biscope beón undercropen seó deófollice scinnys miror quod subripi pontifici tanto potuerit, Gr. D. 40, 18. Undercropen beón mid scinnysse subripi, 41, 16. Gebí[gað] eów fram þæs líchoman sciónesse, Verc. Först. 145

Linked entry: scý-nes

scort-ness

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Add Under sceortnysse sub breuitate, Angl. xiii. 446, 1158. For sceortnysse daga, 437, 1028

singal-ness

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Syngalnesse tó gebidanne adsiduitatem orandi, Chrd. 105, 12. Add

slæcmód-ness

(n.)
Grammar
slæcmód-ness, e; f.
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Spiritlessness, melancholy lack of energy; accidia, acedia Eahta synt heafódleahtras . . . þridde is sleacmódnes and unrótnes, Verc. Först. 173. Cf. á-solcenness

sliden-ness

(n.)
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destruction Forwyrd, sliden[nesse?] lapsum, detrimentum, An. Ox. 1467. (?)

smeálic-ness

(n.)
Grammar
smeálic-ness, e; f.
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Subtlety Beswicene fram deóflum þurh geþanca smeálicnysse (subtilitate), Chrd, 98, 34

þrym-ness

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Þrimnesse Fæder (cf. Fæder ormǽttre mægnþrymnysse, Ps. L. p. 247, 7). Solil. H. 9, 4. Add

-þunden-ness

(suffix)