Híw-ness (?)

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - híw-ness (?)

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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híw-ness (?)
f. Beauty, fairness :-- Sindon óðre wíf ... heora líc bið on marmorstánes hwítnysse (híwnesse, ) aliae sunt mulieres ... specioso corpore quasi marmore candido, Nar. 38, 10. v. híwe. hiw-ness

Related words: l.

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