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▪ I. † ˈsereness1 Obs. In 4 ser(e)nes. [f. sere a.2 + -ness.] Diversity, variety.
a1300Cursor M. 368 Þe werld i call wit min entens Þe mater of þe four elements, Þat yeit was tan o forme mischapen, Quar of was serenes siþen scapen. a1300E.E. Psalter xliv. 11 Vmgiuen with sernes gode [Vulg. circumdata varietate]. a1340Hampole Psalter xliv. 15 Vmcled in sernesis [Vulg. circumamicta varietatibus]. ▪ II. ˈsereness2 [f. sere a.1 + -ness.] The quality of being sere, or dry and withered.
c1440Promp. Parv. 453/2 Seernesse [v.r. sernesse], or up⁓dryynge of treys or herbis, ariditas, marcor. 1530Palsgr. 269/2 Serenesse drinesse, sechevr. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xii. §141 Wherin he seemed to forget the searnesse of his body, and the greennesse of his Grandchild yong Richard. 1660Hexham ii, Dorheydt ofte Dorrigheydt, Drienesse, Searenesse, or Witherednesse. |