carleasnes
Old English
Alternative forms
- ċearlēasnes
Etymology
From carlēas + -nes.
Noun
carlēasnes f (nominative plural carlēasnessa)
- freedom from care, security, carelessness.
Declension
Declension of carleasnes (strong ō-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | carlēasnes | carlēasnessa, carlēasnesse |
accusative | carlēasnesse | carlēasnessa, carlēasnesse |
genitive | carlēasnesse | carlēasnessa |
dative | carlēasnesse | carlēasnessum |
Descendants
- Middle English: *carelesnes
- English: carelessness
References
- carleásness in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary