fætnes

Old English

Alternative forms

• fǣtnis, fǣtnys

Etymology

fǣtt +‎ -nes

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæːt.nes/

Noun

fǣtnes f

1. fatness

Declension

Declension of fǣtnes (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fǣtnes	fǣtnessa, fǣtnesse
accusative	fǣtnesse	fǣtnessa, fǣtnesse
genitive	fǣtnesse	fǣtnessa
dative	fǣtnesse	fǣtnessum

Descendants

• Middle English: fattenesse, fatnesse
  • English: fatness

References

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