Swǽsness
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - swǽsness
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- swǽsness
- f. Blandishment, fair speech :-- Swǽsnyssum blandimentis, lenociniis, Hpt. Gl. 481, 10. Gé Godes cempan, gé áwurpaþ eówerne cynehelm for ðám earmlícan swǽsnyssum (the appeals made to your feelings) ðissera heófiendra. Ne áwurpe gé eówerne sige for wífa swǽsnyssum, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 54-58. Ðæt hé ðissere worulde swǽsnyssa (blanditias) warnige, Scint. 216, 12.