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gneáþness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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gneáþness, gneádness, e; f.
frugality, moderation in a person
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  • Gneáðnys (gneád-, Hpt. Gl. 494, 41) swá spærlic

    parsimonia tam frugalis,

      An. Ox. 3748.
  • Gneáþnysse

    frugalitatis, i. temperantiae,

    2437.
scantiness of material,
scarcity
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  • Ne him wǽre hwǽtes gneáðnes (genéðnys,

    v. l.

    ) ne óðerra worldwelena,
      Mart. H. 68, 9.
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v. gníþness.
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v.  gníþness.
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  • gneáþness, n.