dreorignes

Old English

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Alternative forms

• drēoriġnys, drēorinys

Etymology

From drēoriġ +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdre͜oː.rij.nes/

Noun

drēoriġnes f

1. sadness

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	drēoriġnes	drēoriġnessa, drēoriġnesse
accusative	drēoriġnesse	drēoriġnessa, drēoriġnesse
genitive	drēoriġnesse	drēoriġnessa
dative	drēoriġnesse	drēoriġnessum

Descendants

• Middle English: drerynesse, drerinesse
  • English: dreariness

References

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