Gleáwnes
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gleáwnes
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- gleáwnes
- Add:--Gleáunes industria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 2. Gleáwnes, 25, 43; dissertitudo, astutia, 141, 5. Gleáwnisse astu, 9, 27. Gleáwnesse argumento, 2, 10, 11: 3, 14: dissertitudinem, 26, 37: peritiam, 67, 13. Gleáunisse argutiae, 100, 70. I. ability, cleverness, talent:--Hé wæs gódre gleáunesse (bonae indolis) cniht, Bd. 5, 19: Sch. 655, 2. II. sagacity:--Gleáw[nesse] sagacitatis, An. Ox. 853. Gleá[wnesse], 5, 9. Mid ealre glǽwnesse omni sagacitate, R. Ben. I. 58, 9. III. skill, skill in speech, eloquence:--Gleáw[nesse] eloquentie, 2314. Gleáwnesse dissertitudinis, 5490. Glǽwnysse, 2, 493. IV. diligence:--Gleáwnysse industria, i. curiositate, An. Ox. 618: industria, assiduitate, 1324. Geornfulnysse, gleáwnesse industriam, 43. Glǽwnesse, R. Ben. I. 59, 14. V. a sign, token, distinguishing mark:--Se eásterlica dæg wæs on þǽre ealdan ǽ tribus argumentorum indiciis preceptum, ꝥ ys mid þrým gleáwnyssum hé wæs beboden; ꝥ ys, ꝥ hé wǽre æfter þǽre eásterlican emnihte, and on þám forman mónðe, and on þǽre þriddan wucan, Angl. viii. 330, 6.