Nytenness

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - nytenness

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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nytenness
f. I. ignorance :-- Hwæt getácnaþ seó midniht bútan seó deópe nytennys, Homl. Th. ii. 568, 5. Ðæt men for nytennysse misfaran ne sceolon, 314. 5. Ðú cniht ne cúðest manna Hǽlend ... Nú ic for ðínre nytennysse geornlíce bæd, i. 66, 30. Se ðe tódrǽfde ealle nytennysse ðære ealdan nihte, 36, 29. Crist mæg ðíne nytennysse (MSS. C. V. nyte-) onlíhtan, Homl. Skt. 5, 200. Gif folces man syngaþ þurh nytenysse per ignorantiam, LeII. laziness, disgrace, ignominy :-- Netenes ðam se ðe forlét ignominia ei qui deserit, Kent. Gl. 454. On his netenesse in ignominia sua, 615. For módes mínes nytenysse propter mentis meae ignaviam, Coll. Monast. Th. 25, 7. nytenness,nyten-ness

Related words: 4, 27. Ðæt hyra nán þurh nytennesse hine beládian ne mǽge, R. Ben. 127, 10.

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