English Explanatory Dictionary

retheness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The character, state, or condition of being rethe; fierceness; wildness; roughness; harshness; sternness; cruelty.

Word forms

retheness

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”).

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