ungeþwærnes
Old English
Alternative forms
- unġeþwǣrness, unġeþwǣrnys
- unġehwǣrnes, unġehwǣrness, unġehwǣrnys
Etymology
From either un- + ġeþwǣrnes or unġeþwǣre + -nes. Variant forms such as unġehwǣrnes may have arisen due to conflation with hwǣr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈun.jeˌθwæːr.nes/
Noun
unġeþwǣrnes f
- discord, dissension, division, quarrel
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
- Ac se swicola fēond sǣwð ungeðwǣrnysse betwux mancynne þurh mislīċe intingan ...
- But the guileful fiend sows division among mankind through diverse causes ...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
- trouble, disquiet
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | unġeþwǣrnes | unġeþwǣrnessa, unġeþwǣrnesse |
| accusative | unġeþwǣrnesse | unġeþwǣrnessa, unġeþwǣrnesse |
| genitive | unġeþwǣrnesse | unġeþwǣrnessa |
| dative | unġeþwǣrnesse | unġeþwǣrnessum |
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “un-geþwǽrness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.