grædignes

Old English

Etymology

From grǣdiġ +‎ -nes

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡræː.dij.nes/

Noun

grǣdiġnes f

1. greed, greediness

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	grǣdiġnes	grǣdiġnessa, grǣdiġnesse
accusative	grǣdiġnesse	grǣdiġnessa, grǣdiġnesse
genitive	grǣdiġnesse	grǣdiġnessa
dative	grǣdiġnesse	grǣdiġnessum

Descendants

• Middle English: gredynesse, grædiȝness, grediȝnesse, gredynes, gredines, gredinesse, gredynese
  • English: greediness

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “grǽdignes”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.