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Old English · adjective

orsorg

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈorˌsorɡ/
[ˈorˌsorˠɣ]
Syllables
ˈor · ˌsorɡ (2 syllables)
Modern English
carefreenessworry-freefreedomprosperoussecurity

orsorg1 · adjective

Senses

  1. free from care or anxiety; worry-free

    Đā andwyrde Martinus unforht ðām cāsere, "Iċ wille ðurhgān orsorh ðone here, mid rōde tācne ġewǣpnod, nā mid rēadum sċylde, oððe mid hefeġum helme, oððe heardre byrnan." Đa hēt sē hǣðena cyning healdan Martinum, þæt hē wurde āworpen unġewǣpnod ðām here. Þā nolde sē Hǣlend his ðeġen forlǣtan, ac ġesibbode þæt folc sōna þǣs on merien, þæt hī tō þǣs cāseres cyneġyrd

    Then the bold Martinus answered the emperor "I will go fearlessly through the army, armed with a crucifix, not with a red shield, or with a heavy helmet, or a hard corselet." So the heathen king ordered that Martinus be held so he could be thrown unarmed into the army. But the Savior would not abandon his servant, and in the morning soon pacified the people so that they submitted to the emperor's

    Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
  2. secure; prosperous

Declension

Strong declension of orsorg
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative orsorgorsorgorsorg
Accusative orsorgneorsorgeorsorg
Genitive orsorgesorsorgreorsorges
Dative orsorgumorsorgreorsorgum
Instrumental orsorgeorsorgreorsorge
Plural
Nominative orsorgeorsorgaorsorgeorsorg
Accusative orsorgeorsorgaorsorgeorsorg
Genitive orsorgraorsorgraorsorgra
Dative orsorgumorsorgumorsorgum
Instrumental orsorgumorsorgumorsorgum
Weak declension of orsorg
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative orsorgaorsorgeorsorge
Accusative orsorganorsorganorsorge
Genitive orsorganorsorganorsorgan
Dative orsorganorsorganorsorgan
Instrumental orsorganorsorganorsorgan
Plural
Nominative orsorganorsorganorsorgan
Accusative orsorganorsorganorsorgan
Genitive orsorgraorsorgenaorsorgraorsorgenaorsorgraorsorgena
Dative orsorgumorsorgumorsorgum
Instrumental orsorgumorsorgumorsorgum

orsorg2 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. freedom from anxiety; carefreeness

  2. security

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of orsorg
SingularPlural
Nominative orsorgorsorgaorsorge
Accusative orsorgeorsorgaorsorge
Genitive orsorgeorsorga
Dative orsorgeorsorgum

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀsorg, from Proto-Germanic *uzsurgaz, equivalent to or- + sorg.

From or- + sorg.

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