un-sýferness
- noun [ feminine ]
Grammar
Impurity, uncleanness (physical or moral)
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Se ðe forgýmeleásige gehálgod húsl, ðæt him sig unsýfernys ( sordes ) on,
- L. Ecg. P. iv. 44 ;
- Th. ii. 216, 18.
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Ðǽr unsýfernes on ne sý ne unclǽnnes,
- L. E. I. 5 ;
- Th. ii. 406, 1.
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Fulle bána deádra and ǽghwilcre unsýfernissæ (
omni spurcitia
),- Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 23, 27.
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Monige wiþsócan ðære unsýfernysse deófolgylda
abrenunciata sorde idolatriae,
- Bd. 3, 21 ;
- S. 551, 21.
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Fram unsýfernyssum ðara árrena mána,
- 3, 23 ;
- S. 554, 27.
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On unsýfernyssum betwih deófolgyldum
in sordibus inter idola,
- 3, 30 ;
- S. 562, 18: 3, 1 ;
- S. 523, 23: 5, 19: S. 639, 23.
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Ða unséfernessa ðe ðǽr beóþ sió lifer áwyrpþ út and ðæt clǽne blód gesomnaþ,
- Lchdm. ii. 198, 5.
Linked entries
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sýferness.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “un-sýferness.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/33813.
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