Teartness

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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teartness

f. Sharpness, severity, asperity :-- Drihten herede Iohannem for ðære teartnysse his reáfes, forðan ðe hé wæs mid olfendes hǽrum gescrýd wáclíce and stíðlíce, Homl. Th. i. 330, 1. For ðæs wyntres teartnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 152. Teartnesse acerbitatem, crudelitatem, Hpt. Gl. 480, 56. Mid menigfealdum ðeówracena teartuyssum gebrégede, Homl. Th. i. 578, 27. teartness