sarnes

Old English

Alternative forms

• sārnys, sārnis

Etymology

From sār +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːr.nes/

Noun

sārnes f (nominative plural sārnessa)

1. (of the body) pain
2. (of the mind) pain, affliction, grief; woe; sorrow

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sārnes	sārnessa, sārnesse
accusative	sārnesse	sārnessa, sārnesse
genitive	sārnesse	sārnessa
dative	sārnesse	sārnessum

Descendants

• Middle English: sornesse, sarenes, soornes, soornesse, sorenes, sornes, sarnesse, sarnysse, særnesse
  • English: soreness
  • Scots: sairness

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sárness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.