fersnesse
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom fers (“fierce”) + -nesse.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfersnesse (uncountable)
- ferociousness, fierceness
- violence (physical conflict)
- (rare) severity, sternness
- (rare) bravery, boldness
Descendants
edit- English: fierceness
References
edit- “fẹ̄rsnes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.