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cís-ness

(n.)
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squeamishness Ciisniss fastidium, Txts. 62, 406. Císnes fastidium, nausia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 47. Wé gelýfað þæt genóh sý twá gesodene sufel for missenlicra manna untrumnesse; gif hwá for hwylcre císnesse þæs ánes brúcan ne mæge, brúce húru þæs óðres

clæm-ness

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clǽn-ness

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Clǽnnys pudor, An. Ox. 5176. Clǽnnysse pudoris, 4176: celibatus, 9, 19. Clǽnnysse, geþincþe propositi, i. gradus, 3451. On clǽnnysse in proposito, i. gradu, 2565. Heortan clǽnnesse cordis munditiam, 40, 8. Add

cýþ-ness

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Add: witness, testimony Seó cýðnes þǽre ealdan ǽ testamentum ueteris legis, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 92, 21. Men feówer stánas álegdon tó gemynde and tó cýþnesse þæs siges, Bl. H. 189, 16: 69, 18. Críst be him cýðnysse gecýdde, Hml. Th. i. 476, 31. Cýðnessum

dǽl-ness

(n.)
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dǽl-ness, e; f.
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Division, breaking (of bread) On dǽlnise hláfes in fractions panes, Lk. p. 11, 11

deáþscyldig-ness

Similar entry: deáþsynnig-ness

dílig-ness

(n.)
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dílig-ness, e; f.
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Destruction, extermination Dílignissum anastasis ( = ἀνάστασις overthrow, destruction ), Txts. 41, 163. Dýgelnyssum ( = ? dýlegnyssum), Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 35

Linked entry: dígolnes

dyrstig-ness

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Se synfulla man ... þe geþristlǽcð tó mæssianne ... and wát hine sylfne tó fúlne ... his dyrstignes dereð him sylfum, Wlfst. 34, 18. Temeritas, þæt is dyrstignys, 52, 20. Temeritas, ꝥ is dyselic dyrstignys, Angl. xi. 109, 41: Hml. Th. ii. 220, 15: Hml

eald-ness

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eald-ness, old age.
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Seó endlyfte tíd bið seó forwerode ealdnyss, þám deáðe geneálǽcende. ... Sume beóð gelǽdde tó rihtum lífe on forwerodre ealdnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 76, 21-26. Ealdnesse vetustatem, R. Ben. I. 91, 16. Add

earg-ness

(n.)
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earg-ness, e; f.
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Profligacy Dernegiligru and arognisse adultera et peccatrice, Mk. R. 8, 38

eáwed-ness

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ende-néhst

lastlastlowestlastfinallatest

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Add: of place, most remote On eallum middangearde oð þæt endenéxte land, Hml. Th. i. 294, 28. of number, order, last Módignys is endenéxt gesett on getele ðǽra heáfodleahtra, Hml. Th. ii. 222, 3. Ǽr ðan þe þú forgelde þone endenéxtan feórðling (novissimum

Linked entry: endemestness

fæþm-ness

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flówend-ness

Similar entry: ofer-flówendness

firwit-ness

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Ferwetnes curiositas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 56. Fyrewitnesse (feortwitnysse. Hpt. Gl. 429, 43) ardoris (cf. Hy. S. 14, 30 under firwit), An. Ox. 975. Take here fyrwitnes in Dict., and add

flǽsc-ness

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Þætte flǽscnesse (incarnationem) Drihtnes úres hé gelýfe, Angl. ii. 363, 2. Add

Linked entry: flǽscen-ness

fréfer-ness

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fréfer-ness, e; f.
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Consolation, comfort Gié habbað froefernise habetis consolationem, Lk. L. 6, 24

gelp-ness

Similar entry: gilp-ness

ge-neát

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Add: one who enjoys (v. neótan) with another, one who belongs to the household or following (comitatus) of a superior Genaeot inquilinis (cf. inquilinus inbúend, 134, 24), Wrt. Voc. ii. in, 53. Geneát, 45, 57. I a. where the superior is a king, prince

geáp-ness

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geáp-ness, e; f.
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Cleverness, cunning, astuteness Wær geápnes argumentum (cf. argumento orðonce, gleáwnesse, 2, ll), Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, I