Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hefiġnes f (nominative plural hefiġnessa)
- heaviness, slowness, weight, grief, affliction, dullness of the body or senses
- burdensomeness, oppressiveness, oppression
- trouble, difficult matter
- disease
Declension
[edit]Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hefiġnes | hefiġnessa, hefiġnesse |
| accusative | hefiġnesse | hefiġnessa, hefiġnesse |
| genitive | hefiġnesse | hefiġnessa |
| dative | hefiġnesse | hefiġnessum |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hefigness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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