forgiefnes
Old English edit
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
forġiefnes f
- forgiveness
- remission (of a fine, tax, etc.)
- leniency, indulgence
Declension edit
Declension of forgiefnes (strong ō-stem)
Descendants edit
- Middle English: forgiveness, forgifnes
- English: forgiveness
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “forgiefnes”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.