forgifnes

Old English

Alternative forms
  • forġifennes, forġifennis, forġyfenes, forġefenes, forġefnis

Etymology

From forġief(en) +‎ -nes.

Noun

forġifnes f (nominative plural forġifnessa)

  1. Forgiveness, permission, remission, release.
  2. mildness, lenity, indulgence

Declension
Declension of forgifnes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative forġifnes forġifnessa, forġifnesse
accusative forġifnesse forġifnessa, forġifnesse
genitive forġifnesse forġifnessa
dative forġifnesse forġifnessum

Descendants

References
  • forgifnes in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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