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单词 anredness
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anrednessn.

Forms: see anred adj. and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: anred adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < anred adj. + -ness suffix.The sense in quots. ?c1225, c1230 at sense 2 is somewhat disputed; they have often been supposed to show sense 1 but, contextually, sense 2 seems the more likely; compare discussion at anred adj.
Obsolete.
1. Constancy, steadfastness, resoluteness.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [noun]
steadfastnessa1000
anrednessOE
stead-stathelfastness?c1225
stability13..
steadfastshipc1320
traistnessa1340
constance1340
sadnessc1384
unmovablenessc1384
hardnessa1400
steadfastheadc1400
unmobletya1425
firmitya1450
constancy1526
constantness1530
firmitude?1541
firmness1553
stoutness1561
settledness1571
cleaving1580
solidity1607
immovableness1617
staunchness1623
fixedness1626
fixationa1631
unswayednessa1656
steadiness1663
sturdiness1675
unbendingness1824
indomitability1851
indomitableness1860
thick and thin1884
fixity1885
unshakability1907
OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 20 Þæt feorðe mægen is Fortitudo, þæt is strængð oððe anrednyss [c1175 Bodl. 343 anrednesse], þurh þa sceal seo sawul forbæran earfoðnysse mid anrædum mode.
OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 298 Seo syxte miht is instantia boni operis, þæt is anrædnyss goodes weorces [a1225 Lamb. 487 anrednesse godes werkes].
OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) i. vii. 36 Se dema..tealde & wende þæt he mid swinglan sceolde þa beldu & þa anrednesse [L. constantiam] his heortan anescian, ða he mid wordum ne mihte.
2. Unity, unanimity; harmony, spiritual community.For the sense in Middle English see discussion in the etymology.
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eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) v. iii. 117 Ða sæde he him þæt hie wæren [hearde], þa hwile þe hie hira anrædnesse geheoldon him betweonum & anfealdnesse.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 184 Hu god is anrednesse of luue & annesse of heorte.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 130 Ȝe beoð þe ancren of englond..þet meast grið is among Meast annesse & anrednesse & sometreadnesse of anred lif efter a riwle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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