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éstfulnes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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éstfulnes, -ness,e ; f.
Fulness of liberality, devotion, zeal; dēvōtio
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  • Hí leorniaþ mid fulre éstfulnesse ða sóðan gód to sécanne they learn to seek the true good with full devotion, Past. 58, 1; Hat. MS. His éstfulnesse wiðteáh se esol ðe he onuppan sæt

    the ass, on which he [Balaam] sat, opposed his zeal,

    • Past. 36,
    • 7;
    • Cot. MS
    • .
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