gæsne

Old English

Alternative forms

• gesne, geāsne, gēsine

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gaisnī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæːs.ne/, [ˈɡæːz.ne]

Adjective

gǣsne

1. barren, lifeless
   • Ðæt we gǽstes wlite, on ðás gǽsnan tíd, georne biþencen ― that, we earnestly consider, in this barren time, the spirit's beauty (Exon. 20 a; Th. 53, 13; Cri. 850.)
   • Ðis geár wæs gǽsne on mæstene ― This year was barren in mast-fruit (Chr. 1116; Th. 371, 16)
   • Hirdas lǽgon gǽsne on greóte ― The keepers lay lifeless on the sand (Andr. Kmbl. 2169; An. 1086. v. Grm. Andr. Elen. p. 124, 1085 : Graff. IV. 267)

Declension

Declension of gǣsne — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gǣsne	gǣsnu, gǣsno	gǣsne
Accusative	gǣsne	gǣsne	gǣsne
Genitive	gǣsnes	gǣsenre	gǣsnes
Dative	gǣsnum	gǣsenre	gǣsnum
Instrumental	gǣsne	gǣsenre	gǣsne
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gǣsne	gǣsna, gǣsne	gǣsnu, gǣsno
Accusative	gǣsne	gǣsna, gǣsne	gǣsnu, gǣsno
Genitive	gǣsenra	gǣsenra	gǣsenra
Dative	gǣsnum	gǣsnum	gǣsnum
Instrumental	gǣsnum	gǣsnum	gǣsnum

Declension of gǣsne — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gǣsna	gǣsne	gǣsne
Accusative	gǣsnan	gǣsnan	gǣsne
Genitive	gǣsnan	gǣsnan	gǣsnan
Dative	gǣsnan	gǣsnan	gǣsnan
Instrumental	gǣsnan	gǣsnan	gǣsnan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gǣsnan	gǣsnan	gǣsnan
Accusative	gǣsnan	gǣsnan	gǣsnan
Genitive	gǣsenra, gǣsnena	gǣsenra, gǣsnena	gǣsenra, gǣsnena
Dative	gǣsnum	gǣsnum	gǣsnum
Instrumental	gǣsnum	gǣsnum	gǣsnum

Descendants

• Middle English: gesene, geson
  • English: geason, geazon, gaison, gessen

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “gæsne”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gæsne”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.