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ˈsorriness Now rare.
Forms: α. 1 sariᵹnys, 2 -nesse, 1–3 sarinesse, 4–5 sarynes; 3 særinesse, -næsse. β. 3–4 sorinisse, 3–6 sori-, sorynesse, 4 sorinysche, 6 -nes; 6, 8– sorriness, 7–8 sorryness.
[f. sorry a. + -ness.]
†1. The state of being sorry; sorrow, grief, sadness; = sorrowfulness. Obs.
αc1000ælfric Saints' Lives xxiii. 102 Hwæt mæᵹ beon wop oððe sariᵹnys, ᵹyf þæt næs se mæsta æᵹðres? c1100O.E. Chron. (MS. F) an. 616, Far þare sarinesse ðe he hæfðe far þes cinges unᵹeleauon. c1175Lamb. Hom. 103 Þe fifte sunne is Tristicia, þet is þissere worlde sarinesse. c1205Lay. 27560 Þer wes sarinesse, sorreȝen inoȝe. a1340Hampole Psalter iv. 1 Fra anguys and sarynes þou has broght me. 1483Cath. Angl. 318/2 A Sarynes, tristicia.
βc1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 35 Hwile mid sorinesse, hwile mid werinesse. c1275Lay. 13639 Ich ȝou telle rouþliche spelles of mochele sorinesse. 13..Guy Warw. (A.) 372 Þe heuinisse, Þe sorwe, and þe sorinisse, Þat me is on. 1387–8T. Usk Test. Love ii. xiv. (Skeat) l. 57 Trewly, this is the sorinesse of fayned love. c1440Promp. Parv. 465/1 Sorynesse, or hevynesse, tristicia. 1548R. Hutten Sum Divin. G ij b, It is feare and sorines of conscience which perceiveth yt god is angry with syn. 1571Golding Calvin on Ps. li. 11 So as the sorynesse may settle itself deep in our harts. 1683Crowne City Politiques ii. i, Sorry? what does your sorryness signifie?
†b. With a and pl. An instance of being sorry.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 105 Þet þe mon on god blissie bitwuxe þa sorinessen þissere sterke worlde. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 71 Alse fele sorinesses swo ich haue on min herte for mine sinnes. c1275Sinners Beware 125 in O.E. Misc., In eche sorinesse His saule he may brynge. 1587Golding De Mornay xxix. 464 For the verie repentance of the best men, is but a sorinesse that they cannot be sorie enough.
2. The state or quality of being mean, poor, or paltry; poorness, meanness.
1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. i. 32 Indifferency,..Excellency,..Sorriness. 1727Bailey (vol. II), Sorryness,..Paltriness, Meanness, Lowness of Value. 1891T. Hardy Tess xxxix, The figure near at hand suffers..because it shows up its sorriness without shade. |