Ge-hendnys

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-nyss, e;

ge-hendnys

f. Nearness, proximity, vicinity; proxĭmĭtas, vīcīnĭtas :-- Gehendnys vīcīnĭtas, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 139, 47. Ða geswuteliaþ gehendnysse they express vicinity, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 50. On gehendnysse his mynstres in the neighbourhood of his monastery, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 5. ge-hendnys