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† ˈsootness Obs.
Forms: 1 suotnis(se, swotnysse, 3–4 swot-, 4 swote-, suotnesse; 4 sootnes.
[f. soot a. + -ness.]
The character or quality of being sweet; sweetness.
c1000in Cockayne Shrine 16 Mycel swotnysse stænc. c1000Rituale Eccl. Dunelm. (Surtees) 88 In stencg svotnisses, in odore suavitatis. a1225Ancr. R. 92 Efter þet me iveleð his swete swotnesse,—efter þet me luueð hine more oðer lesse. a1300Leg. Rood (1871) 28 Þe suotnesse þat þer-of com, velde al þat lond. 1382Wyclif Numb. xv. 3 Brennynge smelle of swetnes [v.r. sootnes] to the Lord. ― Ecclus. xxiv. 23, I as a vyne frutede swotnesse of smel. |