. For passage in l. 18 see IV, and add: I. emptiness. Cf. ídel; I. 2 :-- Þá welegan hé forlǽteþ on ídelnesse (diuites dimisit inanes, Lk. l, 53), Bl. H. 5, 10 : 159, 19. II. worthlessness; a worthless, useless thing, a vanity. Cf. ídel; II :-- Idelnessa uana, Wülck. Gl. 253, 29. Hwǽr beóþ þá symbelnessa, and þá ídelnessa, and þá ungemetlican hleahtras ?, Bl. H. 59, 18. II a. a vain, false religion :-- Ýdelnysse superstitions, An. Ox. 4429. Ýdelnysse super-stitione, i. uanitate, 4021. Nú is se tíma þ̵ ðú forlǽte þíne ýdelnesse and lác ðám godum geoffrige, Hml. S. 22, 213. III. lack of result, ineffectiveness. Cf. II, II a α :-- Hí ealne dæg mid ídelnesse (frustra) wunnon, Gr. D. 250, 21. On ídelnesse mon ongit Godes ðæt hefonlice wuldor, gif. . . incassum gloria patriae coelestis agnoscitur, nisi . . . , Past. 160, 17. In ídelnesse mec worðiað in uanum me colunt, Mk. L. R. 7, 7. IV. idleness, lack of energy :-- Nys eác mid ídelnysse tó forelǽtanne þæt wundor non me quoddam spiritale praesagium narrare piget, Guth. Gr. 159, l.