"retheness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English rethnes, from Old English rēþnes (“fierceness, rage, cruelty, severity, zeal, savageness, ferocity, harshness, storminess”), equivalent to rethe + -ness. Cognate with Scots rethnas (“retheness”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rethnes}} Middle English rethnes, {{inh|en|ang|rēþnes||fierceness, rage, cruelty, severity, zeal, savageness, ferocity, harshness, storminess}} Old English rēþnes (“fierceness, rage, cruelty, severity, zeal, savageness, ferocity, harshness, storminess”), {{suffix|en|rethe|ness}} rethe + -ness, {{cog|sco|rethnas||retheness}} Scots rethnas (“retheness”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} retheness (uncountable)
  1. (Now chiefly dialectal) The character, state, or condition of being rethe; fierceness; wildness; roughness; harshness; sternness; cruelty. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-retheness-en-noun-wonH~NEk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

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