eadignes
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ēadiġ (“happy”) + -nes (“-ness”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ēadiġnes f
- happiness
- 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30[1]:
- Þonne iċ mec onhebbe ond hī onhnīgaþ tō mē, moniġe mid miltse, þǣr iċ monnum sceal īċan upcyme ēadiġnesse.
- When I raise myself up and they bow down to me, many with mercy, then I shall increase rising of happiness for men.
Declension
[edit]Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ēadiġnes | ēadiġnessa, ēadiġnesse |
| accusative | ēadiġnesse | ēadiġnessa, ēadiġnesse |
| genitive | ēadiġnesse | ēadiġnessa |
| dative | ēadiġnesse | ēadiġnessum |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ēadiġnes”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.