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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

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

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

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

wiþerweard-ness

(n.)
Grammar
wiþerweard-ness, e; f.

hostilitycontentionoppositionperversityfrowardnessdepravityarroganceunfavourable conditionadverse circumstanceadversitycontrarietydiversity

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hostility, contention, opposition. Similar entries v. wiþer-weard, I Nis ðǽr ege, ne geflit, ne yrre, ne nǽnig wiþerweardnes, Blickl. Homl. 25, 32. Hé wearð grǽdig ðæs gódan deáþes bútan ǽlcre scylde and ǽlcre wiðerweardnesse wið hine he (David) was

blend-ness

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

Blindness

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Blindness Blendnise cecitate, Rtl. 38, 9

etol-ness

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

Gluttonyvoracity

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Gluttony, voracity Ettulnysse mid leahtre edacitatis vitio, Scint. 55, 6

Linked entry: ettulnys

feásceaft-ness

(n.)
Grammar
feásceaft-ness, e; f.

Poverty

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Poverty Fǽsceaftnes paupertas, An. Ox. 1171

Linked entry: fǽsceaft-ness

hín-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hín-ness, e; f. I.

subjectingdestruction

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a trampling upon, subjecting Ic salde iów mæhte hénnisse (hénisæs, L.) ł niðrunge. ofer nédre dedi uobis potestatem calcandi supra serpentes, Lk. R. 10, 19, a laying waste, destruction Godes cyricena hýnnysse (bærnesse, v. l.) and slege martyra unblinnendlíce

Linked entries: hýn-ness hé-nis

hneáw-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hneáw-ness, e; f.

Stinginess, parsimony, niggardliness

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Stinginess, parsimony, niggardliness Monig mon déþ micel fæsten, and hæfþ ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit dó for forhæfdnesse and déþ hit ðeáh for hneáwnesse and for feohgítsunge many a man fasts much, and has the reputation of doing it for abstinence, and yet

hohful-ness

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

Anxiety, care, trouble

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Anxiety, care, trouble Sǽde ic mínum witun mines módes hohfulnysse I told the anxiety of my mind to my 'witan,' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 349, 11

hohmód-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hohmód-ness, e; f.

Anxiety, trouble, care

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Anxiety, trouble, care, Som

beald-ness

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

Boldness

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Boldness Hé mid micelre baldnesse cíðde ꝥ se Hǽlend wǽre sóð Godes sunu, Shrn. 31, 34

carleás-nes

(n.)
Grammar
carleás-nes, -ness, e; f.
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Freedom from care, security, CARELESSNESS; securitas, Ælfc. Gl. 89; Som. 74, 113; Wrt. Voc. 51, 26

Linked entry: cearleás-nes

frig-nes

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frig-nes, frige-nes.
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Þú ætíctest on þínre frignysse, hú þá þing man gyldan sceolde addes etiam, quomodo ea reddere debeant, Bd. l, 27 ; Sch. 67, 18. Add

dryg-nes

Grammar
dryg-nes, l. drýg-nes,
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and add Drígnes arida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 7. 25

feohgeorn-ness

(n.)
Grammar
feohgeorn-ness, -gyrness, e; f.

Covetousness

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Covetousness Ne teó ic N. ne for hete ne for unrihtre feohgyrnesse, Ll. Th. i. 180, 11

Linked entry: feoh-gyrnes