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hín-ness

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hín-ness, e; f. I.

subjectingdestruction

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a trampling upon, subjecting Ic salde iów mæhte hénnisse (hénisæs, L.) ł niðrunge. ofer nédre dedi uobis potestatem calcandi supra serpentes, Lk. R. 10, 19, a laying waste, destruction Godes cyricena hýnnysse (bærnesse, v. l.) and slege martyra unblinnendlíce

Linked entries: hýn-ness hé-nis

hird-ness

watchful caretaking chargetaking carea watchguarda watch

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Add: watchful care, taking charge, taking care that a thing be not damaged þám mynstre fore wæs mid geornlicre heordnysse monasterio solerti custodia praefuit, Gr. D. 52, 15. On hú mycelre Godes heordnysse (custodia) beóð þá þe cunnon hí sylfe forseón

heord-ness

Similar entry: hird-ness

hefig-ness

oppressivenessburdensomenessa troubledullnessdiseaseoppression

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Add: oppressiveness, burdensomeness Synna usra hefignese ué biðon áðryhto peccatorum nostrorum pondere premimur, Rtl. 51, 23. Hú ðú gehǽled beón miht fram þysse ádle hefignesse (hefi-, v. l.) quomodo cureris ab huius molestia langoris, Bd. 3, 12; Sch

hræd-ness

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Add: where there is rapid movement Rædnis pernicitas (pedum ), Txts. 182, 75. Wit geségon sittan twégen men on twám olfendum and þá efstan mid þǽre mǽstan hrædnesse, Hml. A. 206, 361. Þone ðóðor mid swiftre rædnesse geslegene, Ap. Th. 13, 4. Rædnisse

hreáw-ness

(n.)
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hreáw-ness, e; f.
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Rawness of a hide. v. hreáw; Grénre hýde hreáwnesse recentis corii cruditate, An. Ox. 3283

hreów-ness

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Hrewonise wyrcas gié paenitentiam agite, Mt. p. 14, 4. Hrewunisse, p. 16, 10. Add

hréð-ness

Similar entry: réþ-ness

hrine-ness

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Add: hrinen-ness Heó tó hrinennesse (hrinenesse, v. l.) þǽre drihtenlican handa árás ad tactum manus dominicae surrexit, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 569, 21

hnesc-ness

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Mið hnescnissurn gewéded mollibus vestitum Mt. L. II. 8. Add

hohful-ness

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Add: solicitude, care Hohfulnesse be þingum gewítendlicum sollicitudinem de rebus transitoriis R. Ben. I. 16, 10. Þurh médderne hohful[nesse] per maternam sollicitudinem Hpt. Gl. 404, 72. trouble, sadness, anxiety Þá eahta leahtras . . . hohfulnes (

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

(n.)
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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