feornes

Old English

Alternative forms

• feornys

Etymology

From feor +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfe͜or.nes/

Noun

feornes f (nominative plural feornessa)

1. farness, distance

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	feornes	feornessa, feornesse
accusative	feornesse	feornessa, feornesse
genitive	feornesse	feornessa
dative	feornesse	feornessum

Descendants

• Middle English: fernesse
  • English: farness

References

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