"stiffenes" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstifnɛs/ Forms: stiffenesses [plural]
Etymology: From stif + -nesse. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|stif|-nesse}} stif + -nesse Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} stiffenes, {{enm-noun|stiffenesses}} stiffenes (plural stiffenesses)
  1. Stiffness, firmness, rigidness; especially in a medical context. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-stiffenes-enm-noun-pvdKgSGF Disambiguation of Medicine: 100 0
  2. Strongness, mightiness.
    Sense id: en-stiffenes-enm-noun-9c0XJCmz Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -nesse Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 68 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -nesse: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: styffnesse, styfnesse, styffenesse, stiffenesse

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