surnes

Old English

Etymology

From sūr +‎ -nes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːr.nes/

Noun

sūrnes f (nominative plural sūrnessa)

1. sourness

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sūrnes	sūrnessa, sūrnesse
accusative	sūrnesse	sūrnessa, sūrnesse
genitive	sūrnesse	sūrnessa
dative	sūrnesse	sūrnessum

Descendants

• Middle English: sournesse, sowrenesse
  • English: sourness

References

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