Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hendnys

Part of speech: -nyss, e;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 ge-hendnys

f. Nearness, proximity, vicinity; proxĭmĭtas, vīcīnĭtas :-- Gehendnys vīcīnĭtas, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 139, 47. Ða geswuteliaþ gehendnysse they express vicinity, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Som. 4, 50. On gehendnysse his mynstres in the neighbourhood of his monastery, Homl. Th. ii. 174, 5. ge-hendnys

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᛖᚾᛞᚾᚣᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Glos.: Glossary
Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.: Ælfric

View All Sources