Fyrwitnys

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - fyrwitnys

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-nyss, e;

fyrwitnys
f. Curiosity; cūriōsĭtas :-- Hefigtyme leahter is ungefóh fyrwitnys immoderate curiosity is a grave sin, Homl. Th. ii. 374, 3. Ðæt he his fyrwitnysse fæderlíce miltsode that he would paternally compassionate his curiosity, ii. 138, 19. fyrwitnys
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