Obs. rare–1. [app. f. prec. + -NESS.] ? State of turmoil.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 322. Ure Louerd sulf seid to his deciples … ‘Go we eft … into Iudee.’ Judee speleð schrift … Galilee speleð hweol, uorte to leren us þet we of þe worldes torpelnesse, & of sunne [= sin’s] hweol, ofte gon to schrifte.
