forhæfednes

== Old English == === Alternative forms === forhæfednis, forhæfednys === Etymology === forhæfed (“abstinent”) +‎ -nes === Noun === forhæfednes f restraint Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church abstinence Synonym: sȳfernes ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “for-hæfednes”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.