For-sewennes

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - for-sewennes

According to the Old English Dictionary:

fore-seuwenes, -ness, -nyss, e;

for-sewennes
f. A looking down upon, contempt; contemptus, despectio :-- Gefylled we synd forsewennysse replēti sŭmus despectiōne, Ps. Spl. 122, 4, 5. For his forsewennesse out of contempt for him, Ors. 4, 4; Bos. 81, 13. Forsewennyss contemptus, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 17. for-sewennes
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