hefignes

Old English

Alternative forms
  • hefines, hefiġnis

Etymology

From hefiġ +‎ -nes.

Noun

hefiġnes f (nominative plural hefiġnessa)

  1. heaviness, slowness, weight, grief, affliction, dullness of the body or senses.
  2. burdensomeness, oppressiveness, oppression.
  3. trouble, difficult matter.
  4. disease.

Declension
Declension of hefignes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hefiġnes hefiġnessa, hefiġnesse
accusative hefiġnesse hefiġnessa, hefiġnesse
genitive hefiġnesse hefiġnessa
dative hefiġnesse hefiġnessum

Descendants

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