næs

næs n (singular definite næsset, plural indefinite næs)

1. (geography) ness

Borrowed from English nice, from Old French nice, from Latin nescius (“unaware, ignorant”).

• IPA^(key): /naiːs/
• Rhymes: -aiːs

næs (indeclinable)

1. (slang) nice, cool

• IPA^(key): /næs/

From nals, nālæs, nāles, nālles (“not at all, by no means, absolutely not”), from a blend of nā (“never”) +‎ ealles (“completely”). Cognate with Old Frisian nās (“not, not at all”).

næs

1. not, not at all

næs

1. not

næs

1. first/third-person singular preterite of nesan

From Proto-Germanic *nasją (“promontory; ness”).

næs m

1. a ness, promontory

Strong a-stem:

• English: ness

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