hyghnesse
Middle English
Alternative forms
- hyhenes
Etymology
From hygh + -nesse.
Noun
hyghnesse (uncountable)
- highness
- 1470–1483 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “[The Tale of King Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 23, verso, lines 19–21:
- God thanke youre hyghneſſe ſeyde Balyne youre bounte may no man prayſe halff vnto the valew butt at thys tyme I muſte nedis dep[ar]te beſechynge you all way of youre good grace //
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Descendants
- English: highness