swartnesse
Middle English
Alternative forms
- swartnes, swartnysse
Etymology
From Old English sweartness; equivalent to swart + -nesse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswartnɛs/
Noun
swartnesse
- Blackness; the condition of being dark or swarthy.
Descendants
- English: swartness
References
- “swartnes(se (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-23.