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

1. soreness, painfulness; a boil or wound, or affliction.
2. A boil, wound or sore; a area of the body that is sore
3. 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.