hefignes

Old English

Alternative forms

• hefines, hefiġnis

Etymology

From hefiġ +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxe.fij.nes/, [ˈhe.vij.nes]

Noun

hefiġnes f (nominative plural hefiġnessa)

1. heaviness, slowness, weight, grief, affliction, dullness of the body or senses
2. burdensomeness, oppressiveness, oppression
3. trouble, difficult matter
4. disease

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hefiġnes	hefiġnessa, hefiġnesse
accusative	hefiġnesse	hefiġnessa, hefiġnesse
genitive	hefiġnesse	hefiġnessa
dative	hefiġnesse	hefiġnessum

Descendants

• Middle English: hevynesse
  • English: heaviness

References

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