eadignes

From ēadiġ (“happy”) +‎ -nes (“-ness”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑː.dij.nes/

ēadiġnes f

1. happiness
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30‎^[1]:

     Þonne iċ mec onhebbe ond hī onhnīgaþ tō mē, moniġe mid miltse, þǣr iċ monnum sceal īċan upcyme ēadiġnesse.

     When I raise myself up and they bow down to me, many with mercy, then I shall increase rising of happiness for men.

Strong ō-stem:

• ēadiġ

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