fætnes

Old English

Alternative forms
  • fætnis, fætnys

Etymology

From fætt +‎ -nes.

Noun

fætnes f (nominative plural fætnessa)

  1. Fatness, the richest part of anything.

Declension
Declension of fætnes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative fætnes fætnessa, fætnesse
accusative fætnesse fætnessa, fætnesse
genitive fætnesse fætnessa
dative fætnesse fætnessum

Descendants
  • Middle English: fattenesse, fatnesse

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