greatnes
English
Noun
greatnes (countable and uncountable, plural greatneses)
- Obsolete form of greatness.
- 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851:
- But in deede, the ſecret cauſe that brought Ageſilaus to conſent vnto this practiſe, was the greatnes of his dette which he ought, of the which he hoped to be diſcharged by chaunging of the ſtate and common wealth.
Old English
Alternative forms
- grēatnys
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡræ͜ɑːt.nes/
Noun
grēatnes f (nominative plural grēatnessa)
- greatness, bigness, thickness, coarseness of a material
Declension
Declension of greatnes (strong ō-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | grēatnes | grēatnessa, grēatnesse |
| accusative | grēatnesse | grēatnessa, grēatnesse |
| genitive | grēatnesse | grēatnessa |
| dative | grēatnesse | grēatnessum |
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “greátnes”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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