þenest – Old English noun declension

Noun: þenest
Gender:

Nominative

Singular	þēnest
Plural	þēnesta; þēneste

Genitive

Singular	þēneste
Plural	þēnesta

Dative

Singular	þēneste
Plural	þēnestum

Accusative

Singular	þēneste
Plural	þēnesta; þēneste

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like þenest

þeoft, þenung, þenest, þeod,

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þewanōstaz. Akin Old Norse þjónusta (“service”), and to Proto-Germanic *þignaz (“servant, thane”), Old High German dionōst (“service”) (German Dienst (“service”)), Dutch dienst (“service”), Old English þeġnian (“to serve”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'þjónusta', German Nouns 'Dienst', Dutch Nouns 'dienst', Old English Nouns 'þeġnian'.