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hýr-ness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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hýr-ness, e; f.
Obedience, subjection, a district in subjection to secular or ecclesiastical authority
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  • His mód biþ áfédd mid ðære smeáunga ðære wilnunga oðerra monna hiérnesse

    in occulta meditatione cogitationis ceterorum subjectione pascitur,

    • Past. 8, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 55, 6
      • ,

  • Hé underþeódde and him tó hérenysse geteáh

    subjecit,

    • Bd. 3, 24
      • ;
    • S. 557, 33
      • .

  • Wæs hé ǽrest arcebiscopa ðæt him eall Angelcynn hýrnysse geþafode

    is primus erat in archiepiscopis, cui omnis Anglorum ecclesia manus dare consentiret,

    • 4, 2
      • ;
    • S. 565, 22.

  • Underþeódde on hérnysse

    subjecti,

    • 30
      • ;
    • S. 561, 36
      • .

  • Ne spane nán mæssepreóst nánne mon of óðre cyrcean hýrnysse tó his cyrcan ne of oðre preóstscyre lǽre ðæt mon his cyrcan geséce

    let no priest entice any man from the parish of another church to his church, nor persuade any one to come from another district to attend his church,

    • L. E. I. 14
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 410, 31
      • .

  • Eall Beorcleá hýrnesse hí áwǽston,

    • Chr. 1087
      • ;
    • Erl. 224, 21
      • .

  • From hwǽm ondfóaþ gæfle oððe hérnisse

    a quibus accipiunt tributum vel censum?

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 17, 25
      • .
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v. mis-hýrness; hýran, hýre-mann.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hýr-ness.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20368.

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