Hefigtímness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hefigtímness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 hefigtímness

f. Trouble, affliction, vexation :-- Ðone hé tealde him tó frýnd ðe him sume hefigtýmnysse on belǽdde him he accounted his friend who brought some trouble upon him, Homl. Th. ii. 546, 19. Hé is nú mid ylde ofsett, swylce mid gelomlǽcendum hefigtýmnyssum tó deáþe geþreád it is now oppressed with age, as if wearied to death with frequent troubles, i. 614, 21. hefigtim-ness,hefigtimness

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚠᛁᚷᛏᛁᛗᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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