Hneáw-ness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hneáw-ness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 hneáw-ness

f. Stinginess, parsimony, niggardliness :-- Monig mon déþ micel fæsten, and hæfþ ðone hlísan ðæt hé hit dó for forhæfdnesse and déþ hit ðeáh for hneáwnesse and for feohgítsunge many a man fasts much, and has the reputation of doing it for abstinence, and yet does it for stinginess and avarice; sæpe sub parsimoniæ nomine se tenacia palliat, Past. 20; Swt. 149, 6. Swá ða rúmmódan fæsthafolnesse lǽren, swá hí ða uncystegan on yfelre hneáwnesse ne gebrengen sic prodigis prædicetur partitas, ut tamen tenacibus periturarum rerum custodia non augeatur, 60; Swt. 453, 29. hneaw-ness

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚾᛖᚪᚹ-ᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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