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hálig-nes

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-nes, -ness, e; f.

holiness, sanctitya holy thing, relica holy place, sanctuary

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holiness, sanctity Hálygnyss sanctitas, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 5, 22. Hálignys on hálignysse hys sanctimonia in sanctificatione ejus, Ps. Spl. 95, 6. On rihtwísnesse and on hálignesse in righteousness and in holiness, Blickl. Homl. 31, 36 : 155, 31. On hálignesse

Linked entry: hǽlnes

hátheort-nes

(n.)
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hátheort-nes, -ness, e; f.

Wrath, anger, fury, rage, fervour, zeal

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Wrath, anger, fury, rage, fervour, zeal Ðeós hátheortnys hic furor, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Som. 10, 26. Ðis synt ða ídelnyssa ðisse worlde ... hátheortnys ... hæ sunt vanitates hujus mundi ... furor ..., L. Ecg. P. i. 8; Th. ii. 174, 33. Sió hátheortness ðæt

heald-nes

(n.)
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heald-nes, -ness, e; f.

Holding, keeping, observance

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Holding, keeping, observance Ealles mǽst ymb eástrena healdnyssa maxime in Pascha observando, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 7

blind-nes

(n.)
Grammar
blind-nes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

BLINDNESScæcitas

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BLINDNESS; cæcitas Ðá ge blindnesse bóte forségon when ye renounced the remedy of blindness, Elen. Kmbl. 777; El. 389: Exon. 41 b; Th. 139, 28; Gú. 600. Ofer hyra heortan blindnesse super cæcitate cordis eorum, Mk. Bos. 3, 5: Elen. Kmbl. 597; El. 299

blíð-nes

(n.)
Grammar
blíð-nes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Joyfulness, enjoyment, a leaping for joy, exultation, mirthgaudium, exultatio, hilaritas

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Joyfulness, enjoyment, a leaping for joy, exultation, mirth; gaudium, exultatio, hilaritas Gif ðú nú atelan wilt ealle ða blíðnessa wið ðám unrótnessum if thou wilt now reckon all the enjoyments against the sorrows, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 22. On blíðnysse in

árleás-nes

(n.)
Grammar
árleás-nes, -ness, e ; f. [árleás honourless, wicked, -nes, -ness]

Wickednessacts of wickednessimpietyiniquitas

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Wickedness, acts of wickedness, impiety; iniquitas Æfter mænigo árleásnyssa heora secundum multitudinem impietatum eorum, Ps. Spl. 5, 12: 64, 3. Seó wíldeórlíce árleásnes Bretta cyninges feralis impietas regis Brittonum, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 7: 3, 19; S

cearful-nes

(n.)
Grammar
cearful-nes, -ness, e; f.

Carefulness, curiosity

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Carefulness, curiosity

frig-nes

Grammar
frig-nes, frige-nes.
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Þú ætíctest on þínre frignysse, hú þá þing man gyldan sceolde addes etiam, quomodo ea reddere debeant, Bd. l, 27 ; Sch. 67, 18. Add

boren-nes

(n.)
Grammar
boren-nes, -ness, e; f. [boren born, -nes]

Birth, nativitypartus, nativitas

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Birth, nativity; partus, nativitas

bíg-nes

(n.)
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bíg-nes, -ness, e; f.

A bending, bowingflexio

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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

bismer-nes

(n.)
Grammar
bismer-nes, -ness, e; f.

A polluting, staining or defilingpollutio

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[bismer filthiness, pollution, -nes] A polluting, staining or defiling; pollutio, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, note 7

here-nes

(n.)
Grammar
here-nes, -nis, -ness, e; f.

Praise

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Praise Herenes mín laudatio mea, Ps. Th. 103, 32: 110, 8: 117, 14. Herenis laus, Rtl. 30, 23: 174, 31. In herenesse Godes in laudem Dei, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 17: 599, 12; Ps. 55, 10. Hé geearnode ðæt hé ða hálgan hærenesse gehýrde laudes beatas meruit

Linked entries: here-word hærenes

brád-nes

(n.)
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brád-nes, -ness,-nis, -niss,-nys,-nyss, e; f. [brád broad, large, -nes, -nis, -nys -ness]

broad, large-nessBROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies

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BROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies Se ródor belýcþ on his bósme ealle eorþan brádnysse the firmament incloses in its bosom all the extent of the earth, Hexam. 5;Norm. 8, 27. Se wǽta, gyf hit sealt byþ of ðære

Linked entries: brǽded-nes brǽd-nys

cearleás-nes

freedom from care, security, carelessness.

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freedom from care, security, carelessness

bitter-nes

(n.)

bitterness

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bitterness, Scint. 61

æþel-nes

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Seó æþelnes heora gebyrda, Gr. D. 151, 22. Túddres æþelnes. Bl. H. 115, 10. Beorht mid eorðlicere æðelnysse, Shrn. 151, 18. Þú leórest tó þǽre upplican eþelnesse, 119, 30. Add

andet-nes

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Ðurh ondetnesse, Past. 367, 6. Wé byddaþ þé ꝥ þú sylle andetnysse Gode, Nic. 10, 28. Mid andetnessum eallra þǽra mǽrða, Hml. S. 25, 505. Add

árleás-nes

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Ongeán þǽre árfæstnysse hé sylð árleásnysse, Wlfst. 59, 16. Hwilc mán and hwilce árleásnesse se unrihtwísa cásere worhte, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 2. Add

án-nes

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Dele , and add: unity (as opposed to separation) Þá gód ealle on ánnesse bióþ, and sió ánnes bið on écnesse . . . Sió ánnes and sió gódnes án þing sié, Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 23-33. union (as opposed to disagreement) Hú mycel gód is ðǽr ðǽr gebróðru beóð

biter-nes

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Add: Similar entries cf. biter, I. Ðá bieternesse ðǽre wyrte . . . se swæc ðǽre bieternesse, Past. 303, 14-15. Similar entries cf. biter, II. Biternys acerbitas (poenarum), An. Ox. 4816. Ágyld þú mé mid biternesse leán, R. Ben. 22, 19. Þes middangeard