ceorliscnes

Old English

Alternative forms

  • ċyrlisċnys

Etymology

From ċeorlisċ + -nes.

Noun

ċeorlisċnes f (nominative plural ċeorlisċnessa)

  1. churlishness, clownishness, rudeness, vulgarity.

Declension

Derived terms

  • Middle English: *cherlischnesse, *churlischnesse

References

  • ceorliscnes in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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