Biter-nes
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - biter-nes
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- biter-nes
- Add: I. cf. biter, I :-- Ðá bieternesse ðǽre wyrte . . . se swæc ðǽre bieternesse, Past. 303, 14-15. II. cf. biter, II :-- Biternys acerbitas (poenarum), An. Ox. 4816. Ágyld þú mé mid biternesse leán, R. Ben. 22, 19. Þes middangeard flýhþ from ús mid mycelre biternesse, Bl. H. 115, 17. III. cf. biter, III :-- Biternes accedia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 9. Yfel biternesse anda, R. Ben. 131, 12.