mōdig-ness

mōdig-ness, f.n: pride. (MO-di-ness / ˈmoː-dɪj-nɛs)

Medieval manuscript image of a woman riding her horse towards two other women, one of whom holds a book in her left hand and stretches out her right hand.
Pride rides down Humility and Hope in the Psychomachia; England, 11th century; British Library, Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII, f. 15v. [blogs.bl.uk]

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