Old English Dictionary Entry

-nes[s]

Part of speech: -nes[s],-nys[s], a frequently occurring suffix of feminine abstract nouns, cf. Related words: Grimm. Gram. ii. 321 sqq. ness, -ness

Definitions

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Goth. -assus, e. g. ufar-assus : O. H. Ger. -nessi; f. nessi ; n.; -nissa, -nissi; f. -nissi; n.

Runic Inscription

-ᚾᛖᛋ[ᛋ]

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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