getyngnes

Old English

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Etymology

From ġetynġe (“eloquent”) +‎ -nes

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈtynj.nes/, [jeˈtynd͡ʒ.nes]

Noun

ġetynġnes f

1. eloquence
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Eugenia, Virgin"

     Ða befæste se fæder philippus to lare þæt heo on woruld-wysdome wǣre getogen æfter greciscre uðwytegunge and lǣdenre getingnysse.

     Then her father Philip put her to school that she might be educated in worldly wisdom according to the Greek philosophy and Latin eloquence.