† beggingnessn.
Obsolete.
The condition of a beggar, indigence, beggary.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun]
beggary1377
beggingnessa1382
mendicitya1425
mendiencea1425
beggar-staff?1506
beggarty?a1513
beggarliness1542
beggar's-havenc1555
beggar's-bush1592
beggarism1636
mendicancy1711
beggarhood1843
thig1898
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxiv. 34 Beggingnesse [a1425 L.V. beggerie] as a man armyd.
c1384 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. (1871) III. 371 Gif not to me beggyng or beggyngnesse.
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