ȝalownes

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Middle English

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Noun

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ȝalownes

  1. yellowness
    • c. 1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Complaint of Chaucer to his Purse,” lines 8-11,[1]
      Now voucheth sauf this day or hyt be nyght
      That I of yow the blisful soun may here
      Or see your colour lyk the sonne bryght
      That of yelownesse hadde never pere.
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