scearpnes

== Old English == === Alternative forms === sċearpnys === Etymology === From sċearp +‎ -nes. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃæ͜ɑrp.nes/, [ˈʃæ͜ɑrˠp.nes] === Noun === sċearpnes f (nominative plural sċearpnessa) (of one's sight and mind) sharpness (of a surface) roughness acidity, pungency; sharpness ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== unsċearpnes ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: scharpnesse, sharpnesse English: sharpness === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “scearpness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.