hefignes in Old English

IPA: /ˈxe.fij.nes/, [ˈhe.vij.nes] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From hefiġ + -nes. Etymology templates: {{suffix|ang|hefiġ|nes}} hefiġ + -nes Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|nominative plural|hefiġnessa|||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=hefiġnes|head2=|sort=}} hefiġnes f (nominative plural hefiġnessa), {{ang-noun|f|hefiġnessa|head=hefiġnes}} hefiġnes f (nominative plural hefiġnessa) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|hefiġness|nomsg=hefiġnes}}, {{ang-decl-noun|hefiġnes|hefiġnessa,hefiġnesse|hefiġnesse|hefiġnessa,hefiġnesse|hefiġnesse|hefiġnessa|hefiġnesse|hefiġnessum|num=|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: hefiġnes [canonical, feminine], hefiġnessa [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], hefiġnes [nominative, singular], hefiġnessa [nominative, plural], hefiġnesse [nominative, plural], hefiġnesse [accusative, singular], hefiġnessa [accusative, plural], hefiġnesse [accusative, plural], hefiġnesse [genitive, singular], hefiġnessa [genitive, plural], hefiġnesse [dative, singular], hefiġnessum [dative, plural], hefines [alternative], hefiġnis [alternative]

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"hefignes" meaning in Old English

Noun