forgægednes

Old English

Etymology

From forgǣġan (to transgress) +‎ -ed (past participle suffix) +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /forˈɡæː.jed.nes/

Noun

forgǣġednes f

  1. transgression
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Sēo tīd onġinð on ðisum Sunnandæġe, nigon wucon ǣr Ēastron, and ġeendað on ðām Saternesdæġe þǣre Ēasterlīċan wucan: tō ðām dæġe sind heonon ġetealde hundseofontiġ daga; and þæt Israhela folc, for heora māndǣdum and forgǣġednyssum, wurdon ġehergode, and hundseofontiġ ġēara on Babilonisċum þēowdōme, buton blisse and myrhðe, wunodon.
      This time begins this Sunday, nine weeks before Easter, and ends on the Saturday in the week of Easter: to that day, from here, are seventy days; and the Israelites, for their evil deeds and transgressions, were taken captive, and spent seventy years living in slavery to the Bablyonians, without joy or mirth.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative forgǣġednes forgǣġednessa, forgǣġednesse
accusative forgǣġednesse forgǣġednessa, forgǣġednesse
genitive forgǣġednesse forgǣġednessa
dative forgǣġednesse forgǣġednessum

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