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hwilc-ness

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Æfter ǽghwylces hwylcnysse secundum unius-cujusque qualitaiem R. Ben. I. 16, 4: Chrd. 96, 22. For þeáwa hwylcnysse pro qualitate morum 95, 22. Add

ídel-ness

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For passage in l. 18 see <b>IV,</b> and add: emptiness. Cf. ídel; 2 Þá welegan hé forlǽteþ on ídelnesse ( diuites dimisit inanes, Lk. l, 53), Bl. H. 5, 10 : 159, 19. worthlessness; a worthless, useless thing, a vanity. Cf. ídel; II Idelnessa

incund-ness

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incund-ness, e; f.
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feeling that comes from the heart, heartiness, earnestness, v. in-cund; II Wé hine lufiað and wurðiaþ mid gewissum galeáfan cweþende mid múðe and mid módes incundnesse þæt sé án is sóð God, Wlfst. 105, 30. an inner part. Cf. in-cund; I. Beón clǽne heortan

lǽcedóm-ness

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Lǽcedómnessa cataplasma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81. 55. Add

hwurful-ness

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Hine ne meahte nán scúr hwurfulnesse ( mutabilitatis aura ) ástyrigean, Past. 308, 10. Add

hygdig-ness

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Add: v. hræd-hygdigness, ymb-hygdigness:

langsum-ness

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Add: length Langsumnys longitudo An. Ox. 1699. Langsumnyssa, Angl. viii. 336, 39. patience, long-suffering Geþyld and líðnes and sybb and hyrsumnes and langsumnes, Nap. 41

láþwend-ness

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láþwend-ness, e; f.
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Malignity, hostility Ꝥte ðú áscúfe from mec ðá ungesewenlican næglas þá fæstniað láðwendnesse ut retrudas a me inuisibiles clauos quos figunt odibiles Lch. i. lxxiv. 13

ir-ness

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ir-ness, e ; f.
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Anger Se sárlica cwide þe úre Drihten þurh eornessetó þǽm ǽrestan men cwæþ, 61. H. 123, 8, 11. Wé sceolon úrum þám néxtan forlǽtan ealle þá eornesse (yr-, v. l. ) and þá æfþancan þe hí wið ús gewyrcað, Hml, A. 160, 196, 201

Linked entry: eorness

lyg-ness

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Figmenta, i. plasmatio, mendacia híwunga, lignes, Wülck. Gl. 239, 9. Add

leórend-ness

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leórend-ness, e; f.
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Passing away, departure from this world Manige men hí gesomnodon tó swá háligre sáwle leórendnesse of þysum middanearde, Gr. D. 291, 14

leór-ness

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leoþubíg-ness

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leoþubíg-ness, e ; f.
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Supple bending of a joint Hí þone líchaman ealne ansundne, swá hé þágýt lifigende wǽre, and on liþobígnyssum invenerunt corpus totum integrum, quasi adhuc viveret, et lentis artuum flexibus, Guth. Gr. 169, 147

líþ-ness

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Heó heóld on hyre þeáwum hálige drohtnunge þurh módes líþnesse, Hml. S. 2, 96. Líðnysse lenocinio (the English word seems to be a gloss to the phrase blandimentorum lenocinio, rather than to the single word. The passage is: Blandimentorum lenocinio (by

manigteáw-ness

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Ðæt sunnan gér byð gesett on þrím hund dagum and fíf and syxtigum dagum and syx tídum þæs þe ásmeáde séo msenigtýwnes geþungenra wera, Angl. viii. 298, 5. Add

meagol-ness

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Nú gerýst hyt tó swutelianne niid ealre heortan meagolnysse hwanon hé cóm, Angl. viii. 325, 37. Wé sceolon þǽre micclan lufan úrum Drihtne singallíce þancian ǽghwæþer ge mid wordum ge mid dǽdum ge eác mid ealre heortan meagolnysse, Hml. A. 153, 39. Add

meahtiglic-ness

Similar entry: un-meahtiglicness

meahtig-ness

Similar entry: un-meahtigness

medumlic-ness

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Substitute: Mediocrity, insignificance, littleness Gehwǽdnys, medemlicnys ealdordóme underwreoþod ( nostra) mediocritas i. paruitas auctoritate subnixa, An. Ox. 259, 6

metfæst-ness

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metfæst-ness, e ; f.
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Modesty Mid metfæstnesse cum modestia, R. Ben. I. 55, 6