sarnes
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑːr.nes/
Noun
sārnes f (nominative plural sārnessa)
- (of the body) pain
- (of the mind) pain, affliction, grief; woe; sorrow
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sārnes | sārnessa, sārnesse |
| accusative | sārnesse | sārnessa, sārnesse |
| genitive | sārnesse | sārnessa |
| dative | sārnesse | sārnessum |
Descendants
- Middle English: sornesse, sarenes, soornes, soornesse, sorenes, sornes, sarnesse, sarnysse, særnesse
- English: soreness
- Scots: sairness
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sárness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.