Greátnes

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - greátnes

According to the Old English Dictionary:

greátnes
Substitute: I. coarseness of material :-- Ne cíden nó þá munecas ymb þá deáge oþþe greátnesse (grétnysse, R. Ben. I. 92, 2) hyra reáfa de colore aut grossitudine non causentur monachi, R. Ben. 89, 15. II. bigness, thickness :-- Ðeós wyrt hafað elne lange stelan on fingres greátnesse, Lch. i. 270, 20: 278, 17. II a. great bulk, swollen form :-- Swilce man siwige áne bytte and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þyrl, þonne heó tóþunden bið, on hire greátnysse, Hml. S. 34, 319. greatnes
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