Gálnes

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gálnes

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-ness, -nyss, e;

gálnes
f. Lustfulness, lust, luxury, wantonness; lascīvia, lĭbīdo, luxŭria, petulantia, Cot. 150 : Scint. 12 : 21 : 81. He cnihtlice gálnysse næs begangende he was not addicted to boyish levity, Guthl. 2; Gdwn. 12, 16. [Orm. galness.] galnes
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