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swǽrmódness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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swǽrmódness, (swár-), e; f.
Sluggishness of disposition, slowness, dullness
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  • Oft mon biþ suíðe wandigende æt ǽlcum weorce and suíðe lætrǽde, and wénaþ menn ðæt hit sié for suármódnesse and for unarodscipe, and biþ ðeáh for wisdóme and for wærscipe (

    but the Latin is :

    Saepe agendi tarditas gravitatis consilium putatur),
      Past. 20; Swt. 149, 15.
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  • swǽrmódness, n.