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nytenness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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nytenness, e; f.
ignorance
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  • Hwæt getácnaþ seó midniht bútan seó deópe nytennys,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 568, 5.
  • Ðæt men for nytennysse misfaran ne sceolon,

    • 314. 5.
  • Ðú cniht ne cúðest manna Hǽlend ... Nú ic for ðínre nytennysse geornlíce bæd,

    • i. 66, 30.
  • Se ðe tódrǽfde ealle nytennysse ðære ealdan nihte,

    • 36, 29.
  • Crist mæg ðíne nytennysse (MSS. C. V. nyte-) onlíhtan,

    • Homl. Skt. 5, 200.
  • Gif folces man syngaþ þurh nytenysse

    per ignorantiam,

    • Lev. 4, 27.
  • Ðæt hyra nán þurh nytennesse hine beládian ne mǽge,

    • R. Ben. 127, 10.
laziness, disgrace, ignominy
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  • Netenes ðam se ðe forlét

    ignominia ei qui deserit,

    • Kent. Gl. 454.
  • On his netenesse

    in ignominia sua,

    • 615.
  • For módes mínes nytenysse

    propter mentis meae ignaviam,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 25, 7.
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v.  nyten nitenness.
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