Obs. Also 1–3 ecness, -nyss. 2–3 ech-, eccheness. [f. ECHE a.; see -NESS.] Eternity: only in phrase On or in echeness.
c. 825. Vesp. Psalter ix. 8[7]. Dryhten in ecnesse ðorhwunað.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 109. Vniseli bið þe ȝitsere þe … þurh his ahȝene ehte forwurð a on echnesse.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 430. From worlde to worlde, euer on ecchenesse!
