æþelnes

Old English

Etymology

From æþele +‎ -nes.

Noun

æþelnes f

1. nobility

Declension

Declension of æþelnes (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	æþelnes	æþelnessa, æþelnesse
accusative	æþelnesse	æþelnessa, æþelnesse
genitive	æþelnesse	æþelnessa
dative	æþelnesse	æþelnessum

Derived terms

• unæþelnes (“ignobility”)

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “æþelnes”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.