oldenes

Middle English

Etymology

From old +‎ -nesse.

Noun

oldenes

1. oldness
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xviij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII:

     So that I may reste bitwene thyn armes
     for thow arte a clene vyrgyn aboue all knyghtes as the floure of the lyly
     in whome vyrgynyte is sygnefyed
     and thou arte the rose the whiche is the floure of al good vertu
     & in coloure of fyre
     For the fyre of the holy ghoost is take so in the
     that my flesshe which was al dede of oldenes
     is become yonge ageyne

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