hefignes

== Old English == === Alternative forms === hefines, hefiġnis === Etymology === From hefiġ +‎ -nes. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxe.fij.nes/, [ˈhe.vij.nes] === Noun === hefiġnes f (nominative plural hefiġnessa) heaviness, slowness, weight, grief, affliction, dullness of the body or senses burdensomeness, oppressiveness, oppression trouble, difficult matter disease ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: hevynesse English: heaviness === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hefigness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.