cealdnes

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ċeald +‎ -nes.

Noun

ċealdnes f (nominative plural ċealdnessa)

  1. coldness, cold.

Declension
Declension of cealdnes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ċealdnes ċealdnessa, ċealdnesse
accusative ċealdnesse ċealdnessa, ċealdnesse
genitive ċealdnesse ċealdnessa
dative ċealdnesse ċealdnessum

Descendants
  • Middle English: coldnesse (through the Anglian equivalent)

References
  • cealdness in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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