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Old English · noun

deagolnes

Normalised dēagolnes

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈdæ͜ɑː.ɡol.nes/
[ˈdæ͜ɑː.ɣol.nes]
Syllables
ˈdæ͜ɑː · ɡol · nes (3 syllables)
Modern English
recesssecrecy

Meaning

  1. a secret

    dēagolnesse bediernan

    to keep a secret

  2. a secret place

  3. a recess

    Hwīlon cōm sē deofol, on ānre dīgelnysse, mid purpuran ġescrȳd, and mid helme ġeglenġd, tō ðām hālgan were, þǣr hē hine ġebǣd, and cwæð, þæt hē wǣre witodlīċe sē Hǣlend.

    Once the Devil came, shrouded in a purple garment and adorned with a crown, to the holy man in a recess where he was praying, and said that he was truly the Savior.

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

  4. secrecy

Declension

Declension of deagolnes
SingularPlural
Nominative dēagolnesdēagolnessadēagolnesse
Accusative dēagolnessedēagolnessadēagolnesse
Genitive dēagolnessedēagolnessa
Dative dēagolnessedēagolnessum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From dēagol (“secret”) + -nes (“-ness”).

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