biternes
Old English
noun
Definitions
- the quality or state of being bitter; bitterness
- (figurative) grief
Etymology
Suffix from Old English biter.
Origin
Old English
biter
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bitterness English
- *bitraz Proto-Germanic
- biter Old English
- biterlice Old English
- winterbiter Old English
- bitternesse Middle English