Ge-nihtsumnes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-nihtsumnes

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -nyhtsumnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, -nis, -niss, e; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-nihtsumnes

f. Abundance, plenty, copiousness, sufficiency; abundantia, ūbertas, cōpia :-- Genihtsumnys abundantia vel cōpia, Wrt. Voc. 83, 40. Genihtsum nys ūbertas, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 10, 7. Gemynd genihtsumnesse wynsumnesse ðínre hí bylcettaþ mĕmŏriam abundantiæ suāvĭtātis tuæ eructābunt, Ps. Lamb. 144, 7. On genihtsumnysse míne in abundantia mea, 29, 7: 77, 25. Híg beóþ gedrencte for genihtsumnisse húses ðínes inebriābuntur ab ūbertāte dŏmus tuæ, 35, 9. Ðære eorþan wæstmbǽrnysse and genihtsumnysse we nellaþ habban us to lífes brícum, ac to oferflówednyssum the fruitfulness and abundance of the earth we will not have for the uses of life, but as superfluities, Homl. Th. ii. 540, 10: 64, 35. ge-nihtsumnes

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚾᛁᚻᛏᛋᚢᛗᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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