angsumnes

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ancsumnys, angsumnis

Etymology

From angsum +‎ -nes.

Noun

angsumnes f (nominative plural angsumnessa)

  1. troublesomeness, sorrow, anxiety, anguish.
  2. distress of the body or mind; angst.

Declension
Declension of angsumnes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative angsumnes angsumnessa, angsumnesse
accusative angsumnesse angsumnessa, angsumnesse
genitive angsumnesse angsumnessa
dative angsumnesse angsumnessum

Descendants
  • Middle English: annxumnesse (early)

References
  • angsumnes in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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