menniscnes

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *manniskanassī. Equivalent to mennisċ +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmen.niʃ.nes/

Noun

mennisċnes f

1. humanity (meaning "the state of being human", not "mankind"; the word for "mankind" was mancynn)
2. Incarnation (Christian doctrine that Jesus Christ was fully divine and fully human)
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Đā wæs fēower hund wintra ⁊ nigon ⁊ fēowertiġ frām ūres Drihtnes mennisċnysse...

     It was about four hundred and forty-nine years after our Lord's Incarnation...

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	mennisċnes	—
accusative	mennisċnesse	—
genitive	mennisċnesse	—
dative	mennisċnesse	—