beorhtnes

Old English

Alternative forms
  • beorhtnis, beorhtnys, byrtnes

Etymology

From beorht +‎ -nes.

Noun

beorhtnes f (nominative plural beorhtnessa)

  1. brightness, clearness, splendor.

Declension
Declension of beorhtnes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative beorhtnes beorhtnessa, beorhtnesse
accusative beorhtnesse beorhtnessa, beorhtnesse
genitive beorhtnesse beorhtnessa
dative beorhtnesse beorhtnessum

Descendants
  • Middle English: briȝtnesse, brightnesse, bryghtnes

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