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for-hæfednes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
for-hæfednes, -hæfdnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§12; §563;
Restraint, continence, abstinence; contĭnentia, abstĭnentia
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  • Forhæfednyss [MS. -hefednyss]

    abstĭnentia,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 43
      • ;
    • Som. 45, 7.

  • He hæfde swýðe mycle geornnysse sibbe and sóþre lufan and forhæfdnesse and eádmódnysse

    stŭdium vĭdēlĭcet pācis et cārĭtātis, contĭnentiæ et hŭmĭlĭtātis,

    • Bd. 3, 17
      • ;
    • S. 545, 7.

  • Ða fægerestan býsne his gingrum forlét, ðæt he wæs micelre forhæfdnysse and forwyrnednesse lífes

    sălūberrĭmum abstĭnentiæ vel contĭnentiæ clērĭcis exemplum relīquit,

    • 3, 5
      • ;
    • S. 526, 21.

  • On forhæfednysse and on eádmódnysse

    in continence and in humility,

    • 4, 3
      • ;
    • S. 569, 1, 37.

  • Lifde se man his líf on mycelre forhæfdnesse

    the man lived his life in great continence,

    • 4, 25
      • ;
    • S. 599, 28.

  • Ðæt is wundor ðæt ðú swá réðe forhæfednesse and swá hearde habban wylt

    mīrum quod tam austēram tĕnēre contĭnentiam vĕlis,

    • 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 631, 33.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “for-hæfednes.” 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/11516.

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