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Old English · noun

mærnes

Normalised mǣrnes

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈmæːr.nes/
Syllables
ˈmæːr · nes (2 syllables)
Modern English
celebritydistinctiongreatness

Meaning

  1. greatness; distinction; celebrity

Declension

Declension of mærnes
SingularPlural
Nominative mǣrnesmǣrnessamǣrnesse
Accusative mǣrnessemǣrnessamǣrnesse
Genitive mǣrnessemǣrnessa
Dative mǣrnessemǣrnessum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From mǣre (“famous”) + -nes.

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