bradnes

Old English

Alternative forms

• brādness, brādnis, brādniss, brādnys, brādnyss, brǣdnys, brǣdnyss

Etymology

From brād +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɑːd.nes/

Noun

brādnes f

1. surface
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

     Superficiēs: "sumes þinges brādnes."

     Superficies: "the surface of something."

2. breadth
3. extent (space or area to which something extends)
   • c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year

     Ūre eorðlīċe nyht soðlīċe cymð þurh ðǣre eorðan sċeade, þonne sēo sunne gǣð on æfnunge under þyssere eorðan, þonne bȳð ðǣre eorðan brādnys betweox us ⁊ þǣre sunnan wē hyre lēoman lyhtinge nabbað, oð ðæt hēo eft on ōþerne ende up āstihð.

     Our Earthly night only comes through the shade of the Earth in the evening when the sun goes under the Earth. When the extent of the Earth is between us and the sun, we do not have the illumination of its shine until it comes up over the other end.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	brādnes	brādnessa, brādnesse
accusative	brādnesse	brādnessa, brādnesse
genitive	brādnesse	brādnessa
dative	brādnesse	brādnessum

Related terms

• brǣd
• brǣde
• brǣdednes
• brǣdu
• tōbrǣdednes
• tōbrǣdnes

Descendants

• Middle English: bradenes, brodnes, brednysse
  • English: broadness
  • Scots: bradenes, braidnes, breadnes