dreorignes

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From drēoriġ +‎ -nes.

Noun

drēoriġnes f (nominative plural drēoriġnessa)

  1. dreariness, sadness

Declension
Declension of dreorignes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative drēoriġnes drēoriġnessa, drēoriġnesse
accusative drēoriġnesse drēoriġnessa, drēoriġnesse
genitive drēoriġnesse drēoriġnessa
dative drēoriġnesse drēoriġnessum

Descendants
  • Middle English: drerynesse, drerinesse

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