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lyg-ness

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

leórend-ness

(n.)
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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

(n.)
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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

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

méþ-ness

(n.)
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méþ-ness, e : f.
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Weariness, lassitude Méðnisse lassitudine, Txts. 181, 55

mundbyrd-ness

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mundbyrd-ness, <b>; II.</b>
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Ic mé sylfe myngode mínes forehátes and þǽre mundbyrdnysse be ic ǽr fore geceás, Hml. S. 23 b, 543. Add

nacod-ness

Similar entry: næced-ness

nearu-wrenc

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Add: an evil, mean trick (?) Æfestum onǽled oferhygda ful, níðum, nearowrencum, Mod. 44

nyhtsum-ness

(n.)
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nyhtsum-ness, e; f.
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Abundance Of nihtsumnesse (abundantia) blisse gesibsum mann byð oncnáwen, Scint. 11, 13

nytweorþ-ness

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Hwilc nytwyrðnes (utilitas) on mínum blóde ?, Ps. L. 29, 10. Netwearnes commoditas, An. Ox. 8, 68. Gif se hýredes ealdor tó lytele note and nytwyrðnesse (-weorþ-, v. l.) on his heorde angyt quicquid paterfamilias utilitatis minus potuerit invenire, R.

ofer-neód

(adj.)
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ofer-neód, adj.
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Very necessary Þeáw oferneód mos pernecessarius, Angl. xiii. 377, 176. See next word

Linked entry: -neód

open-ness

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Add: manifestation Þá gesceáwiað þá opennysse þǽre godcundan onlíhtnysse þe heora líchaman symle geclǽnsiað mid sýfrum þeáwum, Hml, S. 23 b, 42

reced-ness

(n.)
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reced-ness, e; f.
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A story, narrative, history Recednesse historiae (ecclesiasticae liber) An. Ox. 2900