deopnes

Old English

Alternative forms

• dēopnys, dēopnis

Etymology

From dēop +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde͜oːp.nes/

Noun

dēopnes f (nominative plural dēopnessa)

1. deepness, depth
2. a deep place, somewhere deep, an abyss

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	dēopnes	dēopnessa, dēopnesse
accusative	dēopnesse	dēopnessa, dēopnesse
genitive	dēopnesse	dēopnessa
dative	dēopnesse	dēopnessum

Descendants

• Middle English: depnesse
  • English: deepness

References

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