sornesse
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English sārnes; equivalent to sore + -nesse.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsornesse
- Soreness, painfulness; the state of being sore.
- A boil or wound; a sore area of the body.
- Mental anguish or agony of the mind.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “sōrnes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-9.