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lís-ness

(n.)
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lís-ness, e; f.

Redemptionreleasedeliveranceredemtio

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Redemption, release, deliverance; redemtio, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 10, 45: Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 1, 68: 2, 38

lufsum-ness

(n.)
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lufsum-ness, e; f.

Amiabilitypleasantnesslovekindness

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Amiability, pleasantness, love, kindness Luf-sumness delectatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 56. Lufsumnisse dilectionis, Rtl. 3, 24: 13, 21. Lufsumnisse jocunditatem, 45, 33

lyg-ness

(n.)
Grammar
lyg-ness, e; f.

Deceitfulnessfalseness

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Deceitfulness, falseness Lygnisse weolan fallacia divitiarum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 22

lytel-ness

(n.)
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lytel-ness, e; f.

Littleness

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Littleness Sume [adverbs] syndon quantitatis; ða getácniaþ mycelnysse oððe lytelnysse, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 34

mæsse-niht

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-niht, e; f.

The night which precedes a festival

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The night which precedes a festival (mæsse-dæg) Ðis sceal on mydde-wyntres mæssenyht (i. e. on Christmas morning ) tó ðære forman mæssan, Lk. 2, 1 (rubric). Nágan lǽwede men wífes gemánan mæssenihtum, Wulfst. 305, 23

mǽt-ness

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meagol-ness

(n.)
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meagol-ness, e; f.

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

(n.)
Grammar
mearuw-ness, e; f.

Tendernessdelicacy

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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

(n.)
Grammar
medumlíc-ness, e; f.

Smallness

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Smallness Gehwǽdnys ł medemidlícnys (medemlícnys?) mediocritas, parvitas, Hpt. Gl. 467, 14

middel-niht

(n.)
Grammar
middel-niht, e; f.

Mid-night

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Mid-night Nalles æfter lyfte lácende hwearf middelnihtum, Beo. Th. 5658; B. 2833: 5557; B. 2782: Bt. Met. Fox 28, 93; Met. 28, 47: Exon. 129 b; Th. 498, 4; Rä. 87, 7

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mid-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mid-ness, e; f.

Middlemidst

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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

mid-niht

(n.)
Grammar
mid-niht, e; f.

Mid-night

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Mid-night Seó niht hæfþ seofan dǽlas ... feórþa is intempestum, ðæt is midniht, Lchdm. iii. 244, 3: Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 32. Midniht intempestum vel intempesta nox, i. 53, 5. On middre nihte wearþ clypung gehýred ... Hwæt getácnaþ seó midniht búton seó

mirig-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mirig-ness, e; f.

Pleasantnesssweetnessmusic

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Pleasantness, sweetness (of sound), music Myrgnis musica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 45

missenlíc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
missenlíc-ness, e; f.

Varietydiversity

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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

(n.)
Grammar
módig-ness, e;f.

PrideHighmindednessmagnanimitygreatness 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

Mónan-niht

(n.)
Grammar
Mónan-niht, e; f.

Monday evethe evening of Sunday

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Monday eve, the evening of Sunday Hé ús ðonne myngaþ ðæs Sunnandæges weorces and ðæs Sæternesdæges ofer nón and ðære Mónannihte, Wulfst. 210, 10

Linked entry: Mónan-ǽfen

mónaþseóc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mónaþseóc-ness, e; f.

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

næs-þyrel

(n.)
Grammar
næs-þyrel, -þyrl, es; n.

A nostril

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A nostril Næsþyrel pennula, Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 66 : nares, ii. 62, 5. Dó on ðæt næsþyrl, Lchdm. i. 352, 4. On næsþyrl bestungen, 348, 4. His ( the dead man ) næsþyrlo beóþ belocene, Blickl. Homl. 59, 14, Wið næsþyrla (næsþurla, 14, 11) sáre, Lchdm. i.

Linked entry: nos-þyrel

nam-bóc

(n.)
Grammar
nam-bóc, f.

A book in which names are writtena register

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A book in which names are written, a register Nombéc albo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 1

neód-freónd

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