abroþennes
Old English
editAlternative forms
edit- ābroþennys
- ābroðennes — edh spelling
Etymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editābroþennes f
- dulness, cowardice, a defect, backsliding
- degeneracy, ignobleness, fallenness
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
- Ongēan ðæs mōdes strengðe se dēofol forgifð ābroðennysse.
- The Devil grants fallenness in exchange for the spirit's strength.
- 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
Declension
editDeclension of ābroþennes (strong ō-stem)
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĀBROÐENNES”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ĀBROÞENNES”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.