bradnes

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From brād +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɑːd.nes/

Noun

brādnes f

  1. surface
  2. breadth
  3. extent (space or area to which something extends)
    • c. 994, Ælfric, On the Seasons of the Year
      Ūre eorðlīċe nyht soðlīċe cymð þurh ðǣre eorðan sċeade, þonne sēo sunne gǣð on æfnunge under þyssere eorðan, þonne bȳð ðǣre eorðan brādnys betweox us ⁊ þǣre sunnan wē hyre lēoman lyhtinge nabbað, oð ðæt hēo eft on ōþerne ende up āstihð.
      Our Earthly night only comes through the shade of the Earth in the evening when the sun goes under the Earth. When the extent of the Earth is between us and the sun, we do not have the illumination of its shine until it comes up over the other end.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative brādnes brādnessa, brādnesse
accusative brādnesse brādnessa, brādnesse
genitive brādnesse brādnessa
dative brādnesse brādnessum

Descendants

  • Middle English: bradenes, brodnes, brednysse
    • English: broadness
    • Scots: bradenes, braidnes, breadnes
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