Obs. Forms: 1 eadnis, 2 ednesse. [OE. éadnis, f. éad wealth = OHG. ôt, ôd, ON. auðr:—OTeut. *auđo-m, auđo-z; see -NESS. (The OE. éad adj. wealthy is of doubtful genuineness. Cf. EADI, EADINESS.] Happiness, luxury.
a. 1000. Runic Poems (Gr.), 4. Os byð … eorla ʓehwam eadnis and tohyht.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 75. Ednesse letteð þe mannes shrifte.
