hwitnes

Old English

Alternative forms
  • hwītnys, hƿitnes

Etymology

From hwīt +‎ -nes.

Noun

hwītnes f (nominative plural hwītnessa)

  1. whiteness.

Declension
Declension of hwitnes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hwītnes hwītnessa, hwītnesse
accusative hwītnesse hwītnessa, hwītnesse
genitive hwītnesse hwītnessa
dative hwītnesse hwītnessum

Descendants
  • Middle English: hwitnesse, whytnesse, whitnesse, whitenesse

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