Old English · noun
getyngnes
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- IPA
- /jeˈtynj.nes/[jeˈtynd͡ʒ.nes]
- Syllables
- je · ˈtynj · nes (3 syllables)
Meaning
eloquence
Ða befæste se fæder philippus to lare þæt heo on woruld-wysdome wǣre getogen æfter greciscre uðwytegunge and lǣdenre getingnysse.
Then her father Philip put her to school that she might be educated in worldly wisdom according to the Greek philosophy and Latin eloquence.
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Eugenia, Virgin"
Etymology
From ġetynġe (“eloquent”) + -nes
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