annes

annes n (genitive singular anness, nominative plural annes)

1. alternative spelling of andnes

annēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of annō

annes (uncountable)

1. (Northern) alternative form of onnesse

annes (uncountable)

1. alternative form of anys

• ānnys

ān +‎ -nes

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːn.nes/

ānnes f

1. unity
   • c. 992, Ælfric,"The Epiphany of the Lord"

     Þa Iudeiscan ðe on Crist gelyfdon wæron him gehēndor stōwlice, and eac ðurh cȳððe þære ealdan ǣ: we wæron swiðe fyrlyne, ægðer ge stōwlice ge ðurh uncȳððe; ac he us gegaderode mid ānum geleafan to ðam healicum hyrn-stane, þæt is to ānnysse his gelaðunge.

     The Jews who believed in Christ were nearer to him locally, and also through knowledge of the old law: we were very remote, both locally and through ignorance; but he gathered us with one faith to the high corner-stone, that is to the unity of his church.

2. union
3. covenant, agreement
4. loneliness, solitude

Strong ō-stem:

• Middle English: onnesse, oonnesse (Late Middle English), anes, annes (Northern), annesse (Early Middle English)
  • English: oneness

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ánnes”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.