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líð-ness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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líð-ness, e; f.
Softness, gentleness, mildness, lenity, kindness
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  • Hí sind gesewene mid líðnysse ac heora líðnys is sóðlíce ásolcennys

    they appear with gentleness, but their gentleness is really sluggishness,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 46, 11.
  • On lígette is óga and on snáwe líðnyss ðære beorhtnysse

    in lightning is the terror of brightness, in snow its mildness,

    • i. 222, 32
    • .
  • Hé forbær manna yfelnysse þurh his líðnysse

    he endured the evil of men by reason of his gentleness,

    • 320, 16
    • .
  • Swá is tó mengenne ða líðnesse wið ða rédnesse

    miscenda ergo est lenitas cum severitate,

    • Past. 17, 11
    • ;
    • Swt. 124, 13
    • .
Derived forms
cum-, gæst-líðness
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  • líð-ness, n.