swiftnes

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From swift +‎ -nes.

Noun

swiftnes f (nominative plural swiftnessa)

  1. swiftness, fleetness, celerity.

Declension
Declension of swiftnes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative swiftnes swiftnessa, swiftnesse
accusative swiftnesse swiftnessa, swiftnesse
genitive swiftnesse swiftnessa
dative swiftnesse swiftnessum

Descendants
  • Middle English: swyftnesse, swiftnesse

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