Old English · adjective
sorhful
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈsorx.ful/[ˈsorˠx.ful]
- Syllables
- ˈsorx · ful (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- sorrowfulcareful
Meaning
-
full of care or anxiety, careful, anxious
-
sorrowful, mournful, grievous, sad, causing grief or sorrow
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | sorhful | sorhful | sorhful |
| Accusative | sorhfulne | sorhfulle | sorhful |
| Genitive | sorhfulles | sorhfulre | sorhfulles |
| Dative | sorhfullum | sorhfulre | sorhfullum |
| Instrumental | sorhfulle | sorhfulre | sorhfulle |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | sorhfulle | sorhfullasorhfulle | sorhful |
| Accusative | sorhfulle | sorhfullasorhfulle | sorhful |
| Genitive | sorhfulra | sorhfulra | sorhfulra |
| Dative | sorhfullum | sorhfullum | sorhfullum |
| Instrumental | sorhfullum | sorhfullum | sorhfullum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | sorhfulla | sorhfulle | sorhfulle |
| Accusative | sorhfullan | sorhfullan | sorhfulle |
| Genitive | sorhfullan | sorhfullan | sorhfullan |
| Dative | sorhfullan | sorhfullan | sorhfullan |
| Instrumental | sorhfullan | sorhfullan | sorhfullan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | sorhfullan | sorhfullan | sorhfullan |
| Accusative | sorhfullan | sorhfullan | sorhfullan |
| Genitive | sorhfulrasorhfullena | sorhfulrasorhfullena | sorhfulrasorhfullena |
| Dative | sorhfullum | sorhfullum | sorhfullum |
| Instrumental | sorhfullum | sorhfullum | sorhfullum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *surgafullaz (“full of care; anxious”), equivalent to sorh + -ful. Cognate with Old High German sorgfol.
Descendants
sorrowful
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