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for-sewennes

(n.)
Grammar
for-sewennes, fore-seuwenes, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

A looking down upon ⬩ contempt ⬩ contemptus ⬩ despectio

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A looking down upon, contempt; contemptus, despectio Gefylled we synd forsewennysse replēti sŭmus despectiōne, Ps. Spl. 122, 4, 5. For his forsewennesse out of contempt for him, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 81, 13. Forsewennyss contemptus, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31

Linked entries: for-seónnes for-sǽwennes

frætwednes

(n.)
Grammar
frætwednes, fretwednes, frætwædnys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

An adorning ⬩ ornament ⬩ a trifle ⬩ ornātio ⬩ ornāmentum ⬩ crĕpundia

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An adorning, ornament, a trifle; ornātio, ornāmentum, crĕpundia He sende cyricean frætwednesse mīsit ornāmenta ecclāsiæ, Bd. 1. 29; S. 498, 10. On eorþlícre frætwædnysse [fretwednesse MS. Ca.] in earthly adorning, 3, 22; S. 552, 20: Blickl. Homl. 195

Linked entries: fretwednes ge-frætwodnes

gagol-bǽrnes

(n.)
Grammar
gagol-bǽrnes, gægl-bǽrnes, -bérnes, -ness, e; f.

Wantonness ⬩ luxury ⬩ riot ⬩ lascīvia ⬩ luxŭria

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Wantonness, luxury, riot; lascīvia, luxŭria, Cot. 118

Linked entry: gægl-bǽrnes

wist

(n.)
Grammar
wist, e; f. (and m.?
Similar entries
v. big-, dæg-, hús-, neáh-wist.
)

subsistence ⬩ sustenance ⬩ food ⬩ provisions ⬩ dainty food ⬩ a feast ⬩ eating ⬩ feasting

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being. Similar entries v. æt-, ed-, gador-, gegador-, hús-, los-, mid-, neáh-, on-, sam-, stede-wist. subsistence Wist vel anleofa stips, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 8. Wiste stipis, Anglia xiii. 36, 348. sustenance, food, provisions Næs ðǽr hláfes wist, ne wæteres

tó-rípan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-rípan, p. te

To pluck in two ⬩ tear to pieces

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To pluck in two, tear to pieces Ðá hé fleáh ðá tórýpte hine án brémber ofer ðæt nebb. Ðá hé ætsacan wolde ðá sǽde him mon ðæt tó tácne when he fled, a bramble scratched him all over the face.

Linked entry: tó-rýpan

geornes

(n.)
Grammar
geornes, geornys, gyrnes, gyrnys, -ness, -nyss, e; f.

Earnestness, diligence, industry, care, endeavour ⬩ industria, stŭdium

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Earnestness, diligence, industry, care, endeavour; industria, stŭdium Mid ðysses cyninges geornesse hujus industria rēgis, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 30. He hæfde swýðe mycle geornysse sibbe stŭdium vĭdēlĭcet pācis hăbuit, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 7: 3, 28; S. 560,

Linked entry: gyrnes

efen-nys

(n.)
Grammar
efen-nys, efyn-nis, -niss, -nes, e; f.

EVENNESS, equality ⬩ æquālĭtas

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EVENNESS, equality; æquālĭtas Efennys gecýðnys ðín on écnysse æquĭtas testĭmōnia tua in æternum, Ps. Spl. 118, 144: 10, 8

Linked entries: efnes efynnis

cele

(n.)
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the beak of a ship Neb vel scipes caeli (cæle, celae) rostrum, Txts. 93, 1748

Linked entry: cæle

ge-hnycned

(adj.; part.)
Grammar
ge-hnycned, drawn (?),
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Éþung bið sárlic, gehnycned neb, Lch. ii. 258, 17. [Cf. (?) Icel. hnykkja to pull.]

Linked entry: -hnycned

sealf

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Ox. 314. v. lǽce-, lungen-, neb-sealf. Add

ár-weorþnes

(n.)
Grammar
ár-weorþnes, ár-wyrþnes, -ness, e; f. [ár honour, weorþnes worthiness]

Honour-worthiness ⬩ honour ⬩ dignity ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas ⬩ reverentia

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Honour-worthiness, honour, dignity; honor, dignitas, reverentia Æfter árwyrþnesse swá micles biscopes juxta venerationem tanto pontifice dignam, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 3, col. 2. Gif ðú nú gemunan wilt eallra ðara árwyrþnessa if thou now wilt be mindful

Linked entry: ár-wyrþnes

mold-gewind

(n.)
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the top of the head Þonne se untruma bið gesmyred on þám moldgewinde ( in vertice) and on foranheáfde and on þan þun-wengon and on his nebbe, Nap. 46

Linked entries: ge-wind molda

helian

(v.)
Grammar
helian, p. ode, ede

To hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ cover

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Heó helode hire nebb ðæt hé hig ne mihte gecnáwan she had covered her face that he might not know her, Gen. 38, 15. Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig gehádod man his sceare ne helige we enjoin that no man in orders conceal his tonsure, L. Edg. C. 47; Th. ii. 254, 13

Linked entry: eorþ-hele

niþer-heald

(adj.)
Grammar
niþer-heald, adj.

Bent downwards

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Bent downwards Nis ðæt gedafenlíc, ðæt se módsefa monna ǽniges niþerheald wese, and ðæt neb upweard, Met. 31, 23

a-cennednes

(n.)
Grammar
a-cennednes, -cennes, -cennys, -cænnednys, -cænnys, -ness, e; f.

Nativity ⬩ birth ⬩ generation ⬩ nativitas ⬩ ortus

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Nativity, birth, generation; nativitas, ortus Manega on his acennednysse gefag-niaþ multi in nativitate ejus gaudebunt, Lk. Bos. 1, 14 : Ps. Spl. 106, 37

Linked entry: a-cænnednys

and-weardnes

(n.)
Grammar
and-weardnes, -ness, and-weardnys, and-wardnys, -nyss, e; f.

Presentness ⬩ presence ⬩ present time ⬩ præsentia ⬩ præsens tempus ⬩ præsens

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Presentness, presence, present time; præsentia, præsens tempus, præsens Wæs ic swýðe for his andweardnesse afyrhted ejus præsentia eram exterritus, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 42. On andweardnysse in prcesenti, I. I; S. 474, 1

Linked entry: and-wardnys

eád-módnes

(n.)
Grammar
eád-módnes, eád-módnys, -ness, -nyss,e ; f.

Humbleness, humility, humanity ⬩ humĭlĭtas

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Humbleness, humility, humanity; humĭlĭtas Crist eardaþ on ðære dene eádmódnesse Christ dwells in the vale of humility. Bt. 12; Fox 36, 23: Ps. Spl. 9, 13

Linked entry: eáþ-módnis

be-werenes

(n.)
Grammar
be-werenes, -ness, e; f. [be-wered forbidden]

A forbidding ⬩ prohibitio

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A forbidding; prohibitio Óþ bewerenesse to onfónne ðam hálgan gerýne usque ad prohibitionem percipiendi sancti mysterii, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 43

gebundennes

(n.; part.)
Grammar
gebundennes, -ness, e; f. [ge-bunden, pp. of ge-bindan to bind]

A binding ⬩ an obligation ⬩ oblĭgātio

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A binding, an obligation; oblĭgātio Gibundennises ligandi, Rtl. 59, 11. Ða abúgendan on gebundennesse oððe to bændum declīnantes in oblĭgātiōnes, Ps. Lamb. 124, 5

-lǽr

(suffix)
Grammar
-lǽr, empty. v. ge-lǽr; lǽre, lǽr-ness. [v. N. E. D. leer.]

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