geþwærnes

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈθwæːr.nes/

Etymology

From ġeþwǣre +‎ -nes.

Noun

ġeþwǣrnes f

1. concord, agreement, gentleness
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCCLX Hēr Aþelbald cing forðferde ⁊ his līc līð on Sċīrburnan, ⁊ feng Æþelbriht tō ealle þām rīce his brōðor, ⁊ hē hit heold on gōdre ġeþwærnesse, ⁊ his dæġe cōm myċel sċiphere upp ⁊ ābrǣcan Wintanċeaster ⁊ wið þone here ġefuhtan Wulfheard ealderman mid Hāmtūnsċīre, Æþelwulf ealderman mid Bearrocsċīre, ⁊ þone here ġeflȳmdan...

     Year 860 In this year King Athelbald passed away, and is body lies in Sherbourne. Athelbright took hold over the entire kingdom of his brother in a time of good peace, but in his day a great fleet came up and attacked Winchester. Alderman Wulfheard fought against the fleet with Hampshire and Alderman Athelwulf with Berkshire, and the fleet was put to flight...

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ġeþwǣrnes	—
accusative	ġeþwǣrnesse	—
genitive	ġeþwǣrnesse	—
dative	ġeþwǣrnesse	—

Derived terms

• unġeþwǣrnes (“discord, dissension, division”)

References

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