micelnes

Old English

Alternative forms
  • miċelnys, myċelnes, myċelnys

Etymology

From miċel +‎ -nes. Cognate with Old High German michilnessi (“greatness, magnitude”).

Noun

miċelnes f (nominative plural miċelnessa)

  1. Greatness, bigness, magnificence, multitude, abundance.
  2. A mass.
  3. A great thing, great deed

Declension
Declension of micelnes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative miċelnes miċelnessa, miċelnesse
accusative miċelnesse miċelnessa, miċelnesse
genitive miċelnesse miċelnessa
dative miċelnesse miċelnessum

Descendants

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