sorenes
Middle English
Alternative forms
- sornesse, sarnesse, særnesse, sarnysse, sarenes, sornes, soornesse, soornes
Etymology
From Old English sārnes; equivalent to sore + -nesse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔːrnɛs/
Noun
sorenes
- soreness, painfulness; a boil or wound, or affliction.
- A boil, wound or sore; a area of the body that is sore
- 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.