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Old English · noun

sorg

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/sorɡ/
[sorˠɣ]
Syllables
sorɡ (1 syllable)
Modern English
sorrowworryanxiety

Meaning

  1. worry, anxiety

  2. sorrow, grief

    wēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað, hū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran, þām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena.

    or friendless me would soothe, allure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes, how tough is sorrow as a companion, to whom little has dear confidants for himself.

    oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,

Declension

Declension of sorg
SingularPlural
Nominative sorgsorgasorge
Accusative sorgesorgasorge
Genitive sorgesorga
Dative sorgesorgum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sorgu, from Proto-Germanic *surgō. Cognate with Old Frisian sorge, Old Saxon sorga, Old Dutch sorga, Old High German sorga, Old Norse sorg, Gothic (saurga).

Descendants

sorrow

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