sealtnes

Old English

Alternative forms
  • sealtnis

Etymology

From sealt +‎ -nes.

Noun

sealtnes f (nominative plural sealtnessa)

  1. saltness.

Declension
Declension of sealtnes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sealtnes sealtnessa, sealtnesse
accusative sealtnesse sealtnessa, sealtnesse
genitive sealtnesse sealtnessa
dative sealtnesse sealtnessum

Descendants
  • Middle English: saltnesse, saltenesse

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