sweartnes

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to sweart +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈswæ͜ɑrt.nes/, [ˈswæ͜ɑrˠt.nes]

Noun

sweartnes f

blackness

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sweartnes	—
accusative	sweartnesse	—
genitive	sweartnesse	—
dative	sweartnesse	—

Descendants

Middle English: swartnesse
- English: swartness

References

Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sweartness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.