A-wehtnes

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-ness, e ;

a-wehtnes

f. An awaking, a stirring up, excitation, quickening, encouraging; excitatio :-- To awehtnesse lifiendra monna of sáule deáþe ad excitationem viventium de morte animæ, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 627. 5. a-wehtnes