Old English Dictionary Entry

Cáf-ness

Definitions

1 definitions

1 cáf-ness

e; f. Alacrity, promptness, energy :-- God onscunað þá sleacnysse on his ðegnum, and ðá hé lufað þe mid cáfnysse þæs écan lífes myrhðe sécað, Hml. Th. ii. 282, 4. caf-ness

Similar Words

-cafstrian
-cirre
-clips
-cnáwe
-cnáwlíce

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚪᚠ-ᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Hml.: Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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