deorcnes

Old English

Alternative forms

• deorcnys

Etymology

From deorc +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈde͜ork.nes/, [ˈde͜orˠk.nes]

Noun

deorcnes f (nominative plural deorcnessa)

1. darkness, obscurity

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	deorcnes	deorcnessa, deorcnesse
accusative	deorcnesse	deorcnessa, deorcnesse
genitive	deorcnesse	deorcnessa
dative	deorcnesse	deorcnessum

Descendants

• Middle English: derknesse, derckness, dercness, derkenes, derkenesse, derkenys, derknes, derknez, dirkenes, dirknes, dirkness, dorknesse, durkenes, dyrknys
  • English: darkness
  • Scots: daurkness

References

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