Old English Dictionary Entry

Hwít-ness

Part of speech: e;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 hwít-ness

f. Whiteness :-- Seó reádnes ðære rósan and seó hwítnes ðære lilian, Blickl. Homl. 7, 30: Homl. Th. i. 444, 14. His gewǽda scinon on snáwes hwítnysse his raiment shone with the whiteness of snow, ii. 242, 7. hwit-ness

Similar Words

-hád
-háda
-hafen-ness
-hafness
-hafol

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚹᛁᛏ-ᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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