niwnes

Old English

Alternative forms
  • nīownes, nīwnys, nēownys, nīƿnes

Etymology

From nīw(e) +‎ -nes.

Noun

nīwnes f (nominative plural nīwnessa)

  1. Newness, novelty.

Declension
Declension of niwnes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative nīwnes nīwnessa, nīwnesse
accusative nīwnesse nīwnessa, nīwnesse
genitive nīwnesse nīwnessa
dative nīwnesse nīwnessum

Descendants
  • Middle English: newnesse

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