fnæs

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fnasą.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fnæs/

Noun

fnæs n

  1. fringe[2]

Inflection

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative fnæs fnasu
accusative fnæs fnasu
genitive fnæses fnasa
dative fnæse fnasum

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*fnasan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 109
  2. ^ Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fnæs”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.