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sehtness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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sehtness, e ; f.
Agreement, accord, concord, peace
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  • Ðám dómbócum ðe se heofonlíca Wealdend his folce gesette tó sóme and tó sehtnesse,

      Homl. Th. ii. 198, 19.
    [Geaf ðone cyng .xl. marc goldes tó sahtnysse, Chr. 1066 ; Erl. 203, 29.]
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[Crist wass borenn her sahhtnesse & griþþ to settenn, Orm. 3515. He sahtnesse wrohte, Laym. 2809. Sæhtnesse underfon to accept terms, 8262. Næfde þa sehtnesse ilast buten seouen ȝere urist, 30137. 'Pax vobis.' Seihtnesse beo bitweonen ou, A. R. 250, 5.]
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v. ge-sehtness.
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