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

rece-ness

(n.)
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Take here recenness

Linked entry: recceness

réþ-ness

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Take here hréþ-ness, and <b>I a.</b> add Þǽra Langbeardna réðnes ( saevitia ) byð gemetegad þurh his gife, Gr. D. 234, 1. Sealde hé bysne his folgerum ꝥ hí móston forbúgan réðnysse, Hml. A. 72, 176

Linked entry: hréð-ness

ríp-ness

(n.)
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In l. 2 read 39 for 29

rót-ness

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sárig-ness

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Wearð hé þearle áhwǽned, and his líc for ðǽre sárignysse mid wácan hreáfe scrýdde, Hml. S. 23, 394. Add

sár-ness

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Add Áwende seó sárnyss ealra his lima tó ðǽre heortan (cf. gehwearf þára leoma sár tó his innoþum membrorum dolor ad vitalia rediit, Gr. D. 282, 6), Hml. Th. ii. 96, 33

sniden-ness

Similar entry: ymb-snidenness

sóft-ness

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Gif wé lufiað þá sceortan sóftnysse and þá hwílwendlican lustas tó ðan swíðe þæt hí ús gebringan tó ðám écan pínungum, Hml. Th. i. 164, 10. Add

sticol-ness

(n.)
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sticol-ness, e; f.
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Loftiness On sticylnysse, on héhþe in edito, i. in fastigio, An. Ox. 4437

þrowendlic-ness

Similar entry: un-þrowendlicness

weorod-ness

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Þá hé him mid mycelre werednysse (wyn-samnysse. v.l. dulcedine) sealde, Gr. D. 25, 18. Add

-wirned-ness

(suffix)

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witleás-ness

(n.)
Grammar
witleás-ness, e; f.
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Witlessness, stupidity, dullness Witleásnes socordia, torpor, dementia, An. Ox. 47, 3

wune-ness

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etol-ness

Similar entry: ofer-etolness

firwitgeorn-ness

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Add:(?) Sélre bið men þæt hé swelte, þonne hé his líchoman fyrwetgyrnessum gewenige melius est mori quam fornicari, Verc. Först. 130, 11