Ge-hwætness, e

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-hwætness, e

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-hwætness, e
f. Quickness, rapid movement :-- Atomes . . . rīmcræftige men ōderwhīle hātad for his gehwætnysse momentum (cf. Momentum . . . hē ys gecweden for þǣra tungla hwætnysse momentum, 6), Angl. viii. 318, 37. ge-hwætness
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