grædignes
Old English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡræː.dij.nes/
Noun
grǣdiġnes f
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | grǣdiġnes | grǣdiġnessa, grǣdiġnesse |
| accusative | grǣdiġnesse | grǣdiġnessa, grǣdiġnesse |
| genitive | grǣdiġnesse | grǣdiġnessa |
| dative | grǣdiġnesse | grǣdiġnessum |
Descendants
- Middle English: gredynesse, gredynes, gredines, gredinesse, gredynese, grædiȝness (Early Middle English), ꟑrediȝnesse (Ormulum)
- English: greediness
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “grǽdignes”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.