† 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.
| c 1000 in Cockayne Shrine 16 Mycel swotnysse stænc. c 1000 Rituale Eccl. Dunelm. (Surtees) 88 In stencg svotnisses, in odore suavitatis. a 1225 Ancr. R. 92 Efter þet me iveleð his swete swotnesse,—efter þet me luueð hine more oðer lesse. a 1300 Leg. Rood (1871) 28 Þe suotnesse þat þer-of com, velde al þat lond. 1382 Wyclif Numb. xv. 3 Brennynge smelle of swetnes [v.r. sootnes] to the Lord. ― Ecclus. xxiv. 23, I as a vyne frutede swotnesse of smel. |