scearpnes

Old English

Alternative forms
  • sċearpnys

Etymology

From sċearp +‎ -nes.

Noun

sċearpnes f (nominative plural sċearpnessa)

  1. (of one's sight and mind) sharpness.
  2. (of a surface) roughness.
  3. acidity, pungency; sharpness.

Declension
Declension of scearpnes (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sċearpnes sċearpnessa, sċearpnesse
accusative sċearpnesse sċearpnessa, sċearpnesse
genitive sċearpnesse sċearpnessa
dative sċearpnesse sċearpnessum

Derived terms
  • unsċearpnes

Descendants
  • Middle English: scharpnesse, sharpnesse

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