Emnes

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - emnes

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-ness, -niss, -nyss, e;

emnes
f. Evenness, equity, justice; æquĭtas :-- Drihten ðú gelíffæst me on efnesse oððe emnesse ðínre Dŏmĭne vivĭfĭcābis me in æquĭtāte tua, Ps. Lamb. 142, 11. Emnesse geseah anwlita his æquĭtātem vīdit vultus ejus, 10, 8. He démþ ymbhwyrft eorþan on emnisse ipse judĭcābit orbem terræ in æquĭtāte, Ps. Spl. 9, 8. Eágan ðíne geseón emnyssa ŏcŭli tui vĭdeant æquitātes, 16, 3: 51, 3: 110, 7.

Related words: efen-nyss. emnes

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