swartnesse
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English sweartnes; equivalent to swart + -nesse.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editswartnesse
- 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.