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† forˈhevedness Obs.
[OF. forhæfedness, f. forhæfed (pa. pple. of forhabban to restrain, f. for- prefix1 + habban to have, hold) + -ness.]
Restraint, continence, abstinence.
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. xxvi. [xxv]. (1890) 352 He..in micelre forhæfdnesse Drihtne þeowade. c1175Lamb. Hom. 101 To michel forheuednesse on hete and on wete macað þene mon unhalne. |