þicnes
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *þikkwīnassī, equivalent to þicce + -nes. Cognate with Old High German diknissi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
þicnes f
- (consistency) thickness, viscosity
- (transparency) thickness, darkness, cloudiness, obscurity
- (dimension) thickness, depth
- a thicket
Declension[edit]
Declension of þicnes (strong ō-stem)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þicness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.