Modern English → Old English
Old English word for sorry
5 headwords match “sorry”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; sorig ranks first.
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sorry — sorry, grieved
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine soriġ strong nominative singular feminine soriġ strong nominative singular neuter soriġ strong accusative singular masculine soriġne strong accusative singular feminine soriġe strong accusative singular neuter soriġ -
sorry — sad, sorrowful, distressed, grieving, mournful
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine sāriġ strong nominative singular feminine sāriġu, sārġu, sāriġo, sārġo strong nominative singular neuter sāriġ strong accusative singular masculine sāriġne strong accusative singular feminine sāriġe, sārġe strong accusative singular neuter sāriġ -
sorry — to be sorry for, care for; worry over, be anxious for, fear
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative besorgiġe first-person singular past indicative besorgode second-person singular present indicative besorgast second-person singular past indicative besorgodest third-person singular present indicative besorgaþ third-person singular past indicative besorgode -
sorry — to be sore
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative sāriġe first-person singular past indicative sārode second-person singular present indicative sārast second-person singular past indicative sārodest third-person singular present indicative sāraþ third-person singular past indicative sārode -
sorry — to take care
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ċeariġe first-person singular past indicative ċearode second-person singular present indicative ċearast second-person singular past indicative ċearodest third-person singular present indicative ċearaþ third-person singular past indicative ċearode
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “sorry” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.
| The English word opens the headword's definition | +10 |
| It appears later in the first definition | +6 |
| It appears in any definition | +3 |
| It is in the headword's links | +2 |
| It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence) | +9 |
| The headword has an inflection table | +3 |
| Part of speech is a proper noun | −5 |
| Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy) | −3 |
| The headword is an alternative form | −6 |
| The first definition is longer than three words | −2 |
A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.
Not one of these?
The match may be a different sense of “sorry”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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