gæsne

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaisnijaz (“barren, poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰē- (“to be gaping, yawn”). Cognate with North Frisian gast (“barren”), Low German güst (“barren”), Old High German geisini, keisini (“lack”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡæːzne/

Adjective

gǣsne

  1. barren, lifeless
    • Ðis geár wæs gǽsne on mæstene — This year was barren in mast-fruit
    • Hirdas lǽgon gǽsne on greóte — The keepers lay lifeless on the sand

Declension
Weak Strong
case singular plural case singular plural
m n f m n f m n f
nominative gǣsna gǣsne gǣsne gǣsnan nom. gǣsne gǣsne gǣsnu gǣsne gǣsnu, -e gǣsna, -e
accusative gǣsnan gǣsne gǣsnan acc. gǣsnne gǣsne gǣsne gǣsne gǣsnu, -e gǣsna, -e
genitive gǣsnan gǣsnra, gǣsnena gen. gǣsnes gǣsnes gǣsnre gǣsnra
dative gǣsnan gǣsnum dat. gǣsnum gǣsnum gǣsnre gǣsnum
instrumental gǣsne

Descendants

References
  • 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", gæsne
  • 2010, J. Bosworth, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), gæsne
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