Wan-hálness

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wan-hálness

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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wan-hálness
f. Weakness, sickness, unsoundness, infirmity :-- Ðæm abbode is á tó behealdenne heora (fratrum infirmorum) wanhálnes (imbecillitas), R. Ben. 75, II. Wanhálnysse (debilitate) ealles líchaman, Scint. 38, 7. Dysig æfter untrumnysse his ongyt, and æfter wanhálnysse (inbecillitatem) gecyndes his wát, 97, 15. Bróþor se untruma gif hé gefrét hys weaxan wanhálnysse (inbecillitatem), Anglia xiii. 442, 1102. Cf. wan-hælþ. wan-halness
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