sceamfæstness

Old English

Alternative forms
  • sċeamfestnys

Etymology

From sċeamfæst +‎ -nes.

Noun

sċeamfæstness f (nominative plural sċeamfæstnessa)

  1. modesty.

Declension
Declension of sceamfæstness (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sċeamfæstnes sċeamfæstnessa, sċeamfæstnesse
accusative sċeamfæstnesse sċeamfæstnessa, sċeamfæstnesse
genitive sċeamfæstnesse sċeamfæstnessa
dative sċeamfæstnesse sċeamfæstnessum

Descendants

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