Old English · noun
herenes
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈxe.re.nes/[ˈhe.re.nes]
- Syllables
- ˈxe · re · nes (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- praise
Meaning
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praise
gumena byþ glenġ and herenys, wraþu and wyrþsċype, and wræċna ġehwām ār and ætwist ðe byþ ōþra lēas.
Gift of the men is an honor and a praise, a help and a worship, and a grace and a being to any of wanderers who is bereft of the others.
c. 1000, The Rune Poem:
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From herian + -nes
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