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hneáw-ness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hneáw-ness, e; f.
Stinginess, parsimony, niggardliness
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  • 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 does it for stinginess and avarice;

    sæpe sub parsimoniæ nomine se tenacia palliat,
      Past. 20; Swt. 149, 6.
  • Swá ða rúmmódan fæsthafolnesse lǽren, swá hí ða uncystegan on yfelre hneáwnesse ne gebrengen

    sic prodigis prædicetur partitas, ut tamen tenacibus periturarum rerum custodia non augeatur,

      60; Swt. 453, 29.
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