sarnes

Old English

Alternative forms

• sārnys, sārnis

Etymology

From sār +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːr.nes/

Noun

sārnes f (nominative plural sārnessa)

1. (of the body) pain
2. (of the mind) pain, affliction, grief; woe; sorrow
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, 1uoting "Circumdederunt me gemitus"

     Dēaþes ġeōmerunga mē beēodon, and helle sārnyssa mē beēodon, and iċ on mīnre ġedrefednysse Drihten clypode, and hē of his hālgan temple mīne stemne ġehyrde.

     The moaning of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell surrounded me, and in my distress I called out to the Lord, and from his holy temple he heard my voice.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sārnes	sārnessa, sārnesse
accusative	sārnesse	sārnessa, sārnesse
genitive	sārnesse	sārnessa
dative	sārnesse	sārnessum

Descendants

• Middle English: sornesse, sarenes, soornes, soornesse, sorenes, sornes, sarnesse, sarnysse, særnesse
  • English: soreness
  • Scots: sairness

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sárness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.