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† ˈwokeness Obs.
[OE. wácnes, f. wác woke a.: see -ness.]
1. Weakness, debility; (in OE. also) lowliness, inferiority.
c1000ælfric Hom. I. 68 Hi bædon ðæt ða ᵹymstanas awendon to heora wacnysse. a1100Aldhelm Gloss. i. 1384 (Napier 37) Uilitas, abiectio, wacnys. c1200Vices & Virtues 83 Þu hafdest me imaked glad and bliðe; ac ich hes haue forloren for mine wocnesse. a1225Ancr. R. 232 Þet we iknowen ure owune feblesce & ure owune muchele unstrencðe, & ure owune wocnesse. a1240Wohunge in O.E. Hom. I. 273 And te strengðe of þe helpe mi muchele wacnesse. 1547Test. Ebor. (Surtees) VI. 258 The debilitie and wakenes of my bodie.
2. Moisture. (Cf. wakness s.v. wak.)
1340Ayenb. 95 Guod molde, wocnesse norissynde, and renable hete. |