swartnesse
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English sweartnes; equivalent to swart + -nesse.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
swartnesse
- Blackness; the condition of being dark or swarthy.
Descendants edit
- English: swartness
References edit
- “swartnes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-23.