Scortness

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

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scortness

f. I. shortness (of time) :--Ðonne byrneþ on scortnisse gramen hys cum exarsent in brevi ira ejus, Ps. Spl. 2, 13. Ða scortnesse ðysse worulde and ða écnesse ðæs tóweardan lífes. Homl. As. 168, 117. II. a short account, an epitome (cf. a brief, and II) :--Manega synd gyt coniunctiones, ðe wé ne mágon nú secgan on ðissere sceortnysse, Ælfc. Gr. 44 ; Zup. 266, 8. Wé habbaþ gesǽd on ðisre sceortnysse, hú God geswutelode ða sóðfæstan godspelleras, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 219. scort-ness,scortness

Parole correlate: scortlíce,