swetnes

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From swēte +‎ -nes.

Noun

swētnes f (nominative plural swētnessa)

  1. (of taste) Sweetness.
  2. (of smell) Fragrance.
  3. Sweetness, pleasantness, agreeableness.

Declension
Declension of swetnes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative swētnes swētnessa, swētnesse
accusative swētnesse swētnessa, swētnesse
genitive swētnesse swētnessa
dative swētnesse swētnessum

Descendants

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