eadignes

Old English

Etymology

From ēadiġ (“happy”) +‎ -nes (“-ness”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑː.dij.nes/

Noun

ēadiġnes f

1. happiness
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 30‎:

     Þonne iċ mec onhebbe ond hī onhnīgaþ tō mē, moniġe mid miltse, þǣr iċ monnum sceal īċan upcyme ēadiġnesse.

     When I raise myself up and they bow down to me, many with mercy, then I shall increase rising of happiness for men.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ēadiġnes	ēadiġnessa, ēadiġnesse
accusative	ēadiġnesse	ēadiġnessa, ēadiġnesse
genitive	ēadiġnesse	ēadiġnessa
dative	ēadiġnesse	ēadiġnessum

Related terms

• ēadiġ

References

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