Gifol-ness
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gifol-ness
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- gifol-ness
- f. Liberality, munificence :-- Sint tō manienne dā de mildheortlīce sellad . . . dȳ lǣs sió gīdsung dæs lǣnan lofes ādwǣsce dæt leóht dǣre giofolnesse, odde eft sió giofolness sié gemenged wid unrōt-nesse, odde eft for dǣm giefum his mōd fægnige ne dationis lumen laudis transitoriae appetitio extinguat; ne oblatum munus conjuncta tristitia obsideat; ne in oblato munere animus hilarescat, Past. 321, 22 Gifel-nesse munificentia, largitate, Hpt. Gl. 466, 57.