Obs. rare. In 4 sondernesse, 5 syndernes. [f. SUNDER a. + -NESS.] Diversity, variety. (Cf. SUNDRINESS.)
a. 1400. Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS., xxiv. 339. Heil þat stondest … On riht half of vr lord; Whom sondernesse vmbigoþ Of vertuwes in a-Cord.
a. 1450. Ratis Raving, I. 216. Gif þow this sex pontis seis, Þow may find sindry qualiteis … Quha takis kep to this syndernes It is a wertew maist of price.
