Old English Dictionary Entry

A-wehtnes

Part of speech: -ness, e ;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 a-wehtnes

f. An awaking, a stirring up, excitation, quickening, encouraging; excitatio :-- To awehtnesse lifiendra monna of sáule deáþe ad excitationem viventium de morte animæ, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 627. 5. a-wehtnes

Similar Words

-a
-an
-andwlatod
-anne
a

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚹᛖᚻᛏᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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