wohnes
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
wōhnes f
- crookedness
- a crooked place
- wrongdoing, injustice
- perversity, depravity
- wickedness, iniquity
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
- Se þridda leahter is auarita þæt is seo yfele gitsung and seo is wyrtruma ælcere wohnysse...
- The third sin is Avaritia, that is, evil Covetousness, and it is the root of all wickedness...
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
Declension[edit]
Declension of wohnes (strong ō-stem)
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “WŌHNESS”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.