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.

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