Missenlíc-ness

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - missenlíc-ness

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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missenlíc-ness
f. Variety, diversity :-- Ðanon him wæs eágena missenlícnes geseald thence was given him variety of eyes, Salm. Kmbl. 180, 14. Ðeós wyrt is gecweden iris illyrica of ðære missenlícnysse (variegated character) hyre blóstmena, for ðý ðe is geþuht ðæt heó ðone heofonlícan bogan mid hyre bleó geefenlǽce, Herb. 158, 1; Lchdm. i. 284, 14. Missenlícnesse varietatibus, Ps. Spl. T. 44, 16. missenlic-ness
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