Gneáþness (gneád-)

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gneáþness (gneád-)

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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gneáþness (gneád-)
f. I. frugality, moderation in a person:--Gneáðnys (gneád-, Hpt. Gl. 494, 41) swá spærlic parsimonia tam frugalis, An. Ox. 3748. Gneáþnysse frugalitatis, i. temperantiae, 2437. II. scantiness of material, scarcity:--Ne him wǽre hwǽtes gneáðnes (genéðnys, ) ne óðerra worldwelena, Mart. H. 68, 9. v. gníþness. gneaþness gnead-

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