forgiefnes
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Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]forġiefnes f
- forgiveness
- remission (of a fine, tax, etc.)
- leniency, indulgence
Declension
[edit]Declension of forġiefnes (strong ō-stem)
Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: forgiveness, forgifnes
- English: forgiveness
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “forgiefnes”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.