sornesse

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sarenes, soornes, soornesse, sorenes, sornes
• (early) sarnesse, sarnysse, særnesse

Etymology

From Old English sārnes; equivalent to sore +‎ -nesse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːrnɛs(ə)/
• (early or Northern) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːrnɛs(ə)/

Noun

sornesse

1. Soreness, painfulness; the state of being sore.
2. A boil or wound; a sore area of the body.
3. Mental anguish or agony of the mind.

Descendants

• English: soreness
• Scots: sairness

References

• “sōrnes(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-9.