for-gifnes

noun [ feminine ]

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for-gifnes, -gyfnes, forgifnes-ness, -nyss, -gifeness, -gyfenes, -gyfennes, -gifeniss, -gifenys, -gefenes, -ness, e; f.

FORGIVENESS, remission, indulgence, permission; remissio, vĕnia, indulgentia

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Sý on ðære bóte forgifnes [forgyfnes MS. A.]

let there be a remission in the compensation,
- L. Edg. ii. 1
- Th. i. 266, 5: L. Edg. S. 1
- Th. i. 272, 9: 9
- Th. i. 276, 3.
Dó him his synna forgifenesse

grant him forgiveness of his sins,
- Chr. 1086
- Erl. 222, 39.
Ðæt he ða gýmeleáste to forgyfenesse [forgyfnysse MS. F.] lǽte

that he grant forgiveness of the neglect,
- L. Edg. S. i
- Th. i. 270, 17.
His forgifnesse gumum to helpe dǽleþ dógra gehwam Dryhten weoroda

the Lord of hosts dealeth his forgiveness each day for help to men,
- Exon. 14 a
- Th. 27, 7
- Cri. 427.
Se næfþ on écnysse forgyfenesse

non hăbēbit remissiōnem in æternum,
- Mk. Bos. 3, 29.
On hyra synna forgyfenesse

in remissiōnem peccātōrum eōrum,
- Lk. Bos. 1, 77: 3, 3.
On synna forgyfennesse

in remissiōnem peccātōrum,
- Mt. Bos. 26, 28.
Ðæt fíftigoðe gér biþ hálig, and forgifenisse gér

sanctifĭcābis annum quinquāgēsĭmum, et vŏcābis remissiōnem,
- Lev. 25, 10.
Mín unrihtwísnysse is máre ðonne ic forgifenysse wyrðe sý

mājor est inīquĭtas mea, quam ut vĕniam mĕrear,
- Gen. 4, 13.
Ðis ic cwéðe æfter forgifenysse nalæs æfter bebode

hoc autem dīco sĕcundum indulgentiam, non sĕcundum impĕrium,
- Bd. 1. 27
- S. 495, 45.
To forgefenesse gáste mínum

for forgiveness to my soul,
- Ps. C. 50, 37
- Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 37.

Etymology

[

Dut. ver-giffenis, f. pardon, forgiveness.

]

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v. for-gefenes for-gyfenes fore-gefnes.

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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-gifnes.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/11475.

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