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Old English · noun

wisnes

Normalised wīsnes

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈwiːs.nes/
[ˈwiːz.nes]
Syllables
ˈwiːs · nes (2 syllables)
Modern English
wisenessteachingwisdom

Meaning

  1. teaching, wisdom

Declension

Declension of wisnes
SingularPlural
Nominative wīsneswīsnessawīsnesse
Accusative wīsnessewīsnessawīsnesse
Genitive wīsnessewīsnessa
Dative wīsnessewīsnessum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From wīs + -nes.

Descendants

wiseness

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