Old English · noun
genihtsumnes
Normalised ġenihtsumnes
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /jeˈnixt.sum.nes/[jeˈniçt.sum.nes]
- Syllables
- je · ˈnixt · sum · nes (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- sufficiencyabundanceamount
Meaning
-
abundance as a condition or an amount
Æfter þyssum cōm gōd ġēar, ⁊ swā ēac miċel ġenihtsumnys wǣstma on Breotone lond, swā nǣniġ æfteryldo syððan ġemunan mæġ.
After that came a good year, and there was such a great abundance of produce in the land of Britain, as no age since can record.
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History -
sufficiency
Declension
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | ġenihtsumnes |
| Accusative | ġenihtsumnesse |
| Genitive | ġenihtsumnesse |
| Dative | ġenihtsumnesse |
All forms (2)
Etymology
Equivalent to ġenihtsum + -nes.
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genihtsumnes · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution