, -nys, -ness, -nyss, e;
f. Happiness, prosperity; beatĭtūdo :-- Ós byþ eorla gehwám eádnys
mind is to every man prosperity, Hick. Thes. vol. i. 135, 8; Runic pm. 4; Kmbl. 340, 10. Ongan he wurþigan eádnysse and hýrsumnysse
he began to esteem happiness and obedience, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 16. v.
éþnes.