gehwædnes

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġehwēdnes, ġehwǣdnis, ġehwǣdnys

Etymology

From ġehwǣde +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈxwæːd.nes/, [jeˈʍæːd.nes]

Noun

ġehwǣdnes f

1. sparingness
2. smallness, slenderness, fewness
3. poorness, meanness, mediocrity

Declension

Declension of ġehwǣdnes (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġehwǣdnes	ġehwǣdnessa, ġehwǣdnesse
accusative	ġehwǣdnesse	ġehwǣdnessa, ġehwǣdnesse
genitive	ġehwǣdnesse	ġehwǣdnessa
dative	ġehwǣdnesse	ġehwǣdnessum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEHWǢDNES”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĠEHWǢDNES supplementary entry”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.