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† plentiness Obs.
[f. plenty a. + -ness. Wyclif's plentethnes was either formed irreg. on plenteth, early form of plenty n., or (?) an error for *plentifnes.]
= plentifulness.
1382Wyclif Gen. xli. 30 Seuen ȝeres..of greet plente..whom shulen folwe othere seuen ȝeer of as greet bareynes, that to forgetyng be takun al the bihynd plentethnes [v.r. plentenes]. Ibid. 47 And plentithnes cam of the seuen ȝeer. 1511in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 394 Corne or grayne..shall be sold and ratiffied acording the plentines of the yere. 1582Stanyhurst æneis, etc., Ps. i. iii, Yeelding abundant plentines Of fruict, in haruest seasoned. |