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Old English · verb

sorgian

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 2
IPA
/ˈsor.ɡi.ɑn/
[ˈsorˠ.ɣi.ɑn]
Syllables
ˈsor · ɡi · ɑn (3 syllables)
Modern English
sorrowworry

Meaning

  1. to worry

    Hwæt lā, wēnst þū þæt iċ ymb hīe ne sorgiġe, swīðost nū?

    What, you think that I don't worry about her, especially now?

  2. to grieve, sorrow

Conjugation

Conjugation of sorgian
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular sorgiġesorgode
2nd singular sorgastsorgodest
3rd singular sorgaþsorgode
Plural sorgiaþsorgodon
Subjunctive
Singular sorgiġesorgode
Plural sorgiġensorgoden
Non-finite forms of sorgian
Form
Infinitive sorgian
Inflected infinitive sorgienne
Imperative singular sorga
Imperative plural sorgiaþ
Present participle sorgiende
Past participle sorgodġesorgod

All forms (15)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sorgōn, a variant of *sorgēn, from Proto-Germanic *surgāną.

Descendants

sorrow

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