niewnes

Old English

Alternative forms

• nīwnes, nīownes, nīwnys, nēownys

Etymology

From nīewe +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈni͜yːw.nes/

Noun

nīewnes f

1. newness, novelty

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	nīewnes	nīewnessa, nīewnesse
accusative	nīewnesse	nīewnessa, nīewnesse
genitive	nīewnesse	nīewnessa
dative	nīewnesse	nīewnessum

Descendants

• Middle English: newnesse
  • English: newness

References

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