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wune-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wune-ness, (wunu-), e; f.

a dwellinghabitationcontinuanceperseverance

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a dwelling, habitation Hé him wunonesse stówe (locum mansionis) sealde, Bd. 5, 11; S. 626, 13. In wununise in habitaculo, Rtl. 58, 5: habitatione, 68, 20. Ðá geworhte hé him nearo wíc and wunenesse (mansionem angustam), Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 23. Ðá sealde

Linked entry: wununess

hird-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hird-ness, hyrd-, e; f.

Guard, keeping, custody

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Guard, keeping, custody Hé betǽhte hig ða þrí dagas tó hirdnysse tradidit ergo illos custodiæ tribus diebus, Gen. 42, 17. Gif hwá befæst his feoh tó hyrdnysse si quis commendaverit pecuniam in custodiam, Ex. 22, 7. Swá hí on niht hyrdnesse begangaþ sicut

Linked entries: hyrd-ness heord-ness

hlutor-ness

Grammar
hlutor-ness, hluttor-ness, e; f.

Clearness, purity

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Clearness, purity Hú heora gecynd bútan ǽlcre besmitennysse on écere hluttornysse þurhwunaþ how their nature continues without any pollution in eternal purity, Homl. Th. i. 538, 29. Tó hluttornisse geleáfan ad simplicitatem fidei, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 42

eáht-ness

Grammar
eáht-ness, l. eaht-ness,
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and add Þæt wé mid geþylde earfeþa and eahtnesse (eht-, v. l. ) þolien, R. Ben. 6, 2. Cf. éht-ness

neb-gebræc

Grammar
neb-gebræc, l. neb-gebrǽc.

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hreóh-ness

Grammar
hreóh-ness, hreó-ness, e; f.

stormtempest

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Roughness of the weather, of the sea, storm, tempest Ofer eów cymeþ mycel storm and hreóhnes tempestas vobis superveniet, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 33. Hreánis tempestas, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 16, 3. On ymbhwyrfte his hreóhnys strang in circuitu ejus tempestas valida

Linked entry: hréð-ness

neb-gebræc

(n.)
Grammar
neb-gebræc, es; n.

A defluxion from the headmucus of the nose

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A defluxion from the head, mucus of the nose Nebgebræc coriza ( = κορυζα ), Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 28: ii. 135, 77

neb-wlátung

(n.)
Grammar
neb-wlátung, e; f.

Boldnessimpudencefrontositas

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Boldness, impudence; frontositas, Lye (from a vocabulary in the Cotton library)

Linked entry: wlátung

neb-wlatung

(n.)
Grammar
neb-wlatung, e; f.

Dejectionvultus demissio

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Dejection; vultus demissio, Lye

neód

(n.)
Grammar
neód, ( = neád)

necessity

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necessity. The distinction in form between the word = Goth. nauþs, and the preceding word seems not to have been observed in A. S. MSS

nytweorþ-ness

(n.)
Grammar
nytweorþ-ness, <b>(nytwirð-ness),</b> e; f.

Usefulnessutility

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Usefulness, utility Nytweorðnes commoditas i. utilitas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 132, 5. Hwæt wyrcst ðú ús nytwyrðnesse quid operaris tu nobis utilitatis, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 25

neát

(n.)
Grammar
neát, es; n.

A neatan ox or a cowcattlebeastanimal

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A neat, an ox or a cow, cattle, beast, animal Gif neát mon gewundige, weorpe ðæt neát tó honda oððe foreþingie, L. Alf. pol. 24; Th. i. 78, 9. Nán neát nyste nǽnne andan tó óðrum, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 10. Ne ligeþ hé eallinga on ðære eorþan suá ða creópendan

íwed-ness

Grammar
íwed-ness, eáwed-ness, e; f.
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Showing Eáudnise ostensionem, Rtl. 113, 40

aldor-ner

(n.)
Grammar
aldor-ner, es; n.

A life's safetyrefugevitæ servatioasylum

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A life's safety, refuge; vitæ servatio, asylum Ne mæg ic aldor-nere míne gesécan I cannot seek my life's safety, Cd. 117; Th. 151, 22; Gen. 2512. Ðæt we aldor-nere sécan móten that we may seek an asylum, Cd. 117; Th. 152, 13; Gen. 2519

micel-ness

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

greatnessbignesssizegreatnessmultitudeabundancegreatnessmagnificence

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greatness, bigness, size Stánas on pysna mycelnysse stones the size of peas, Herb. 180, 1; Lchdm. i. 314, 22: Blickl. Homl. 181, 21. Se cláð wæs swíðe gemǽte hire micelnysse the garment was exactly adapted to her size, Homl. Skt. 7, 157. His micel-nesse

feorh-ner

(n.)
Grammar
feorh-ner, -nere, es; n.
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Ꝥ hié oncnáwan mihton hwá him tó hǽle and tó helpe and tó feorhnere on þás world ástág, Bl. H. 105, 32. Tó hwon féddest þú þé ǽnne of þǽm þe ic inc bám gesceóp tó welan and tó wiste and tó feorhrere?, Wlfst. 259, 17. Substitute: and add

deór-net

(n.)
Grammar
deór-net, -nett, es; n.

A beast-net, hunting-netrēte venātĭcum, cassis

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A beast-net, hunting-net;rēte venātĭcum, cassis Deórnet cassis, Ælfc. Gl. 84;, Som. 73, 91; Wrt. Voc. 48, 29

gistlíþ-ness

(n.)
Grammar
gistlíþ-ness, (gæstlíþ-ness, gestlíþ-ness, q. v. in Dict.)
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hospitality Swilce hé gestlíþnysse gegearwode quasi hospitalitatem exhiberet, Gr. D. 76, 19. Gestlíþnesse begangan, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 64, 3. ¶ on gistlíþnesse as a guest :-- Gif bescoren man gange him an gestlíðnesse, gefe him man ǽnes if a tonsured man

hwirf-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hwirf-ness, v hwyrf-ness; ge-hwirfneis.

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here-net

(n.)
Grammar
here-net, -nett, es; n.

A war-netcoat of mailcorslet

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A war-net, coat of mail, corslet, Beo. Th. 3110; B. 1553