Fyrwitnys

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

-nyss, e;

fyrwitnys

f. Curiosity; cūriōsĭtas :-- Hefigtyme leahter is ungefóh fyrwitnys immoderate curiosity is a grave sin, Homl. Th. ii. 374, 3. Ðæt he his fyrwitnysse fæderlíce miltsode that he would paternally compassionate his curiosity, ii. 138, 19. fyrwitnys