Eád-nes

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - eád-nes

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-nys, -ness, -nyss, e;

eád-nes
f. Happiness, prosperity; beatĭtūdo:--Ós byþ eorla gehwám eádnys mind is to every man prosperity, Hick. Thes. vol. i. 135, 8; Runic pm. 4; Kmbl. 340, 10. Ongan he wurþigan eádnysse and hýrsumnysse he began to esteem happiness and obedience, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 16.

Related words: éþnes. ead-nes

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