† golenessn.
Obsolete.
Wantonness, lasciviousness.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [noun]
goleshipc1000
golenessa1050
kaggerleȝcc1175
untowenshipa1250
follyc1300
wantonnessc1390
ragerya1393
nicetya1400
wantonhead1435
lightnessa1450
gole?a1500
free will?1518
nicenessa1533
looseness1576
licentiousness1586
waggishness1591
libertinage1611
libertinism1611
licence1713
fastness1859
permissiveness1946
a1050 Liber Scintill. xxi. 89 Ongean galnysse..na framað ongeanwinnan ac fleon.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 19 Þe licome luuað..muchele etinge and drunkunge, and glanesse [? galnesse], and prude.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 8015 Off galnesse skir. & fre.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 37 Ðis oref stincð fule for his golnesse.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 492 Al his thoȝt is of golnesse.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [noun]
goleshipc1000
golenessa1050
kaggerleȝcc1175
untowenshipa1250
follyc1300
wantonnessc1390
ragerya1393
nicetya1400
wantonhead1435
lightnessa1450
gole?a1500
free will?1518
nicenessa1533
looseness1576
licentiousness1586
waggishness1591
libertinage1611
libertinism1611
licence1713
fastness1859
permissiveness1946
c1000 Ælfric Deut. xx. 21 He begæþ unætas and oferdrincas and galscipe.
c1220 Bestiary 610 He arn so kolde of kinde ðat no golsipe is hem minde.
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