scienost

Old English

Alternative forms

• sċēnost, sċȳnost, sċēonost

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skaunistaz, superlative of *skauniz.

Adjective

sċīenost

1. superlative degree of sċīene

Declension

Declension of sċīenost — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċīenost	sċīenost	sċīenost
Accusative	sċīenostne	sċīenoste	sċīenost
Genitive	sċīenostes	sċīenostre	sċīenostes
Dative	sċīenostum	sċīenostre	sċīenostum
Instrumental	sċīenoste	sċīenostre	sċīenoste
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċīenoste	sċīenosta, sċīenoste	sċīenost
Accusative	sċīenoste	sċīenosta, sċīenoste	sċīenost
Genitive	sċīenostra	sċīenostra	sċīenostra
Dative	sċīenostum	sċīenostum	sċīenostum
Instrumental	sċīenostum	sċīenostum	sċīenostum

Declension of sċīenost — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċīenosta	sċīenoste	sċīenoste
Accusative	sċīenostan	sċīenostan	sċīenoste
Genitive	sċīenostan	sċīenostan	sċīenostan
Dative	sċīenostan	sċīenostan	sċīenostan
Instrumental	sċīenostan	sċīenostan	sċīenostan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċīenostan	sċīenostan	sċīenostan
Accusative	sċīenostan	sċīenostan	sċīenostan
Genitive	sċīenostra, sċīenostena	sċīenostra, sċīenostena	sċīenostra, sċīenostena
Dative	sċīenostum	sċīenostum	sċīenostum
Instrumental	sċīenostum	sċīenostum	sċīenostum

Descendants

• Middle English: shenest
  • English: sheenest

References

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