Forþ-weardness

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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forþ-weardness

f. Progress, growth in excellence :-- Se níðfulla mæssepreóst ne mihte wiðstandan þæs hálgan weres forðweardnesse and gódum weorcum (ejus profectibus obviare), Gr. D. 117, 19. forþ-weardness