greatnes

Old English

Alternative forms
  • grēatnys

Etymology

From grēat +‎ -nes.

Noun

grēatnes f (nominative plural grēatnessa)

  1. Greatness, bigness, thickness, coarseness of a material.

Declension
Declension of greatnes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative grēatnes grēatnessa, grēatnesse
accusative grēatnesse grēatnessa, grēatnesse
genitive grēatnesse grēatnessa
dative grēatnesse grēatnessum

Descendants
  • Middle English: gretnesse, greetnesse, gretnes
    • English: greatness
    • Scots: gretnes, gretenes, greitnes

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