þicnes

Old English

Alternative forms

• þiccnes, þicnys

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þikkwīnassī, equivalent to þicce +‎ -nes. Cognate with Old High German diknissi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθik.nes/

Noun

þicnes f

1. (consistency) thickness, viscosity
2. (transparency) thickness, darkness, cloudiness, obscurity
3. (dimension) thickness, depth
4. a thicket

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	þicnes	þicnessa, þicnesse
accusative	þicnesse	þicnessa, þicnesse
genitive	þicnesse	þicnessa
dative	þicnesse	þicnessum

Descendants

• Middle English: thiknesse
  • English: thickness
  • Scots: thiknes, thikeness, thicknes

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þicness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.