lustbǽr-ness
Desire ⬩ pleasure ⬩ pleasantness
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Desire, pleasure, pleasantness Lustbǽrnes delectatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 56. Ða bereáfodon ǽlcere lustbǽrnesse they robbed me of every pleasure, Bt. 2; Fox 4, 11. Wé ðonne ne beóþ onǽlde mid ðære lustbǽrnesse úres módes ðonne bistilþ sió slǽwþ on ús
lyg-ness
Deceitfulness ⬩ falseness
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Deceitfulness, falseness Lygnisse weolan fallacia divitiarum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 22
lytel-ness
Littleness
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Littleness Sume [adverbs] syndon quantitatis; ða getácniaþ mycelnysse oððe lytelnysse, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 34
mǽt-ness
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mánful-ness
Wickedness
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Wickedness Git Martianus for his mánfulnysse nolde on God gelýfan, Homl. Skt. 4, 389. Hé leornode ǽfre máran and máran on his mánfulnysse and ne lét nánne his gelícan on yfele, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 28
meagol-ness
Earnestness
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Earnestness Lufian wé hine mid eallre úre heortan megolnesse let us love him in all earnestness of heart, Blickl. Homl. 65, 23. v. preceding word
mearuw-ness
Tenderness ⬩ delicacy
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Tenderness, delicacy Hira módes mearuwnesse (Cott. MSS. meruwenesse) eorum teneritudinem, Past. 32, 2; Swt. 211, 18. Marenysse teneritudine, Hpt. Gl. 441, 35
medumlíc-ness
Smallness
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Smallness Gehwǽdnys ł medemidlícnys (medemlícnys?) mediocritas, parvitas, Hpt. Gl. 467, 14
micel-ness
greatness ⬩ bigness ⬩ size ⬩ greatness ⬩ multitude ⬩ abundance ⬩ greatness ⬩ magnificence
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greatness, bigness, size Stánas on pysna mycelnysse stones the size of peas, Herb. 180, 1; Lchdm. i. 314, 22: Blickl. Homl. 181, 21. Se cláð wæs swíðe gemǽte hire micelnysse the garment was exactly adapted to her size, Homl. Skt. 7, 157. His micel-nesse
mid-ness
Middle ⬩ midst
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Middle, midst In midnesse ðæs mynstres ... wit wǽron on midnesse miccles eges; ðá genámon wit on midnysse ðæs eówdes twegen buccan, Shrn. 41, 20-27
mirig-ness
Pleasantness ⬩ sweetness ⬩ music
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Pleasantness, sweetness (of sound), music Myrgnis musica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 45
missenlíc-ness
Variety ⬩ diversity
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Variety, diversity Ðanon him wæs eágena missenlícnes geseald thence was given him variety of eyes, Salm. Kmbl. 180, 14. Ðeós wyrt is gecweden iris illyrica of ðære missenlícnysse (variegated character ) hyre blóstmena, for ðý ðe is geþuht ðæt heó ðone
módig-ness
Pride ⬩ Highmindedness ⬩ magnanimity ⬩ greatness of mind which does not resent injury
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in a bad sense, Pride Módignys superbia, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 26. Se eahteoða heáfodleahter is módignyss (þe ehtuðe sunne is ihatan superbia, þet is on englisc modinesse, O. E. Homl. i. 103, 33), Homl. Th. ii. 218, 22. Flǽsces tóbryte módignesse carnis terat
mónaþseóc-ness
Lunacy
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Lunacy Wið mónoþseócnysse, gyf man ðás wyrte ðam mónoþseócan ligcgendon ofer álegþ, sóna hé hyne sylfne hálne up áhefþ, Herb. 66, 2; Lchdm. i. 170, 4
mycg-nett
A mosquito-net
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A mosquito-net Fleóhnet vel micgnet conopeum, Wrt. Voc. i. 57, 24
nearu-fáh
Disastrously hostile ⬩ bearing enmity the result of which is to reduce others to straits
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Disastrously hostile, bearing enmity the result of which is to reduce others to straits Wæs ðæs wyrmes wíg wíde gesýne, nearofáges níð, him se gúþsceaþa Geáta leóde hatode and hýnde, Beo. Th. 4623; B. 2317
nearu-þancness
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neód-freónd
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neód-ful
Earnest ⬩ zealous
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Earnest, zealous Bidde ic monna gehwone ðe ðis gied wræce, ðæt hé mec neódful gemyne, Exon. Th. 285, 26; Jul. 720
neód-líce
Diligently ⬩ sedulously ⬩ zealously ⬩ eagerly ⬩ earnestly
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Diligently, sedulously, zealously, eagerly, earnestly Smire ða sídan mid dý neódlíce smear the sides with it diligently, Lchdm. ii. 262, 11. Dá éfste se abbud wið ðæs muneces, and neódlíce ( eagerly, anxiously ) cwæþ : 'Hwǽr is se ðe ðú feredest?' Homl
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