setnes
Old English
Etymology
By surface analysis, settan + -nes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈset.nes/
Noun
setnes f
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | setnes | setnessa, setnesse |
| accusative | setnesse | setnessa, setnesse |
| genitive | setnesse | setnessa |
| dative | setnesse | setnessum |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: setnesse
Further reading
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “setness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (in Old English), second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.