Bismer-nes
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - bismer-nes
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- bismer-nes
- Substitute: I. disgrace, pollution :-- Seó bysmernes (besmitenes, ) inquinatio, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 95, 13. [Lendenu] mín gefyllede synd on bysmyrnyssum, and nis hǽlo on flǽsce míne, Ps. Spl. C. 37, 7. II. reproach, insult :-- God wolde ðá bysmernyssa úra feónda fram ús ácerron, Hml. A. 126, 321. III. contemptibleness, pitifulness. v. bismer-lic, II :-- Hé forseah þá deófollican láre, for þám þe hé ealle þá ýdele ongeat ... hé þá bysmornysse forhogode heora lára and heora costunga, Guth. 34, 4-12. bismer-nes