† ˈsaughtness Obs.
Forms: 1 sehtnyse, 2 sahtnys, 3 seht-, seih(t)-, saht-, seht-, sæht-, sachtnesse, 4 saght-, sawghtnes, sauht-, seiȝtnesse.
[OE. sehtnys, sahtnys, f. seht saught a.: see -ness.]
The condition of being reconciled.
| c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 198 Ðam dom-bocum þe se Heofonlica Wealdend his folce ᵹesette to some, and to sehtnysse. a 1122 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1066, Geaf þa þone cyng .xl. marc goldes to sahtnysse. c 1200 Ormin 3515 He wass borenn her Sahhtnesse & griþþ to settenn Bitwenenn Drihhtin..& mannkinn. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 5 Cum louerd and biwind us on seihtnesse. c 1205 Lay. 2809 He sette þis lond he sahtnesse wrohte. a 1225 Ancr. R. 250 Pax uobis! Seihtnesse beo bitweonen ou. Ibid. 426 Þis is o þing..þet is God leouest—seihnesse & some [v.r. sachtnesse & somentale]. a 1300 Cursor M. 4014 Sli strengh es o þe holi gast, To saghtnes mak þar wrath es mast. c 1320 Cast. Love 474 Euer on þat ilke stryf Þat a-mong my sustren is a-wake, Þorw sauhtnesse mowe sum ende take. a 1330 Otuel 570 Sitte eche man oppon his kne, & biddeth to god..Sende seiȝtnesse bi-twene þo kniȝtes. |