cealdnes

Old English

Alternative forms

• ċealdnys

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kaldanassī, equivalent to ċeald +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑld.nes/, [ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑɫd.nes]

Noun

ċealdnes f

1. coldness, cold

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ċealdnes	ċealdnessa, ċealdnesse
accusative	ċealdnesse	ċealdnessa, ċealdnesse
genitive	ċealdnesse	ċealdnessa
dative	ċealdnesse	ċealdnessum

Descendants

• Middle English: coldnesse, *caldnesse
  • English: coldness
  • Scots: caldnes, cauldnes

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “cealdness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.