hwitnes

Old English

Alternative forms

• hwītnys

Etymology

From hwīt +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxwiːt.nes/, [ˈʍiːt.nes]

Noun

hwītnes f

1. whiteness

Declension

Declension of hwitnes (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hwītnes	—
accusative	hwītnesse	—
genitive	hwītnesse	—
dative	hwītnesse	—

Descendants

• Middle English: hwitnesse, whytnesse, whitnesse, whitenesse
  • English: whiteness

References

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