"efennes" meaning in Old English

See efennes in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈe.fen.nes/, [ˈe.ven.nes]
Etymology: For earlier efnes, from Proto-West Germanic *ebnassī, from Proto-Germanic *ebnassuz; later reanalysed as efen + -nes. Etymology templates: {{ety|ang|:inh|gmw-pro:*ebnassī}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*(h₁)ém-no-", "gloss" : "equal, straight; flat, level, even", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁émnos", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*ebnaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "gloss" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-dyé-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-atjaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "nominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-assuz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*ebnassuz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*ebnassī", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "efennes", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" }" data-lang="ang" data-title="efennes">, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*ebnassī}} Proto-West Germanic *ebnassī, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*ebnassuz}} Proto-Germanic *ebnassuz, {{af|ang|efen|-nes|nocap=1}} efen + -nes, {{ety|ang|:inh|gmw-pro:*ebnassī}} Head templates: {{ang-noun|f}} efennes f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|efenness|nomsg=efennes|num=sg}}, {{ang-decl-noun|efennes|efennessa,efennesse|efennesse|efennessa,efennesse|efennesse|efennessa|efennesse|efennessum|num=sg|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], efennes [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], efennesse [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], efennesse [genitive, singular], - [genitive, plural], efennesse [dative, singular], - [dative, plural], efennys [alternative], efnes [alternative], emnys [alternative]
  1. evenness Tags: feminine

Inflected forms

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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ebnassuz"
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      "efen#Old_English"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      ]
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈe.ven.nes]"
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