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sorh

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
sorh, sorg, sorhg, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§262;
care, anxiety
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  • Sorg accidia, tedium vel anxietas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 17:

    cura,

      19, 62.

  • Mec sorg dreceþ on sefan, ic ne mæg rǽd áhycgan,

      Cd. Th. 131, 21; Gen. 2179.

  • Nis mé ðæs deáþes sorg

    death causes me no anxiety,

      Exon. Th. 125, 7; Gú. 350.

  • Fréfrigende gesihþe seó him ealle ða nearonesse ðære gemyngedan sorhge áfyrde

    visionem consolatoriam, quae omnem ei anxietatem memoratae solicitudinis auferret,

      Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 34.

  • Ða ðe nǽfre nánne mon buton sorge (

    securum

    ) ne forlǽtaþ,
      Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 14.

  • Ðæt gé lybbon eówre líf bútan ǽlcre sorge

    absque ullo pavore,

      Lev. 25, 18.

  • Ús biþ sibb æfter sorge,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3134; An. 1570.

  • Ne biþ him on ðám wícum wiht tó sorge

    there shall be nothing in heaven to came them anxiety,

      Exon. Th. 238, 29; Ph. 211.

  • Gé mé lyt sorge sealdun

    ye caused me little care,

      121, 13; Gú. 288.

  • Ne ic ðæs deáðes hafu sorge on móde,

      166, 12; Gú. 1041: 308, 20; Seef. 42: 376, 33; Seel. 164.

  • Sorgum

    curis,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 63.

  • Heorte mid sorgum gedréfed,

      Judth. Thw. 22, 31; Jud. 88.

  • Ferhð sorgum ásǽled,

      Cd. Th. 132, 18; Gen. 2195.
sorrow, grief, affliction, trouble
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  • Ne biþ ðǽr sorg ne wóp,

      Blickl. Homl. 103, 36.

  • Wát se ðe cunnaþ, hú slíþen biþ sorg tó geféran,

      Exon. Th. 288, 13 ; Wand. 30: 288, 30; Wand. 39.

  • Mec sorg bicwom . . . ic bihlyhhan ne þearf siðfæt ðisne,

      273, 33; Jul. 525.

  • Ðæt wæs Satane sár tó geþolienne, micel módes sorg,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3376; An. 1692.

  • Ne frín ðú æfter sǽlum, sorh is geníwod,

      Beo. Th. 2649; B. 1322: Ps. Th. 118, 28.

  • Sorh is mé tó secganne, hwæt . . .

    it is a grief to me to tell, what

    . . . ,
      Beo. Th. 950; B. 473.

  • Se Hǽlend wiste ðæt his gingran wolde unróte beón . . . Wǽron swá manigfealdlíce sorga Cristes þegnum . . . Wæs him micel langung and sorh on heora heortan, ðá hié ðæt ongeáton, ðæt hé leng mid him líchomlíce wunian nolde; hé hié . . . fréfrede for ðære gelómlícan sorge,

      Blickl. Homl. 135, 14-23.

  • Nú hý ðé willaþ on murnunga gebringan ðonne hié ðé fram hweorfaþ tó hwæm cumaþ hí ðonne elles bútan tó tácnunge sorge[s] and anfealdes sáres

    si calamitosos fugiens facit, quid est aliud fugax, quam futurae quoddam calamitatis indicium,

      Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 21.

  • Ne hié sorge wiht, weorces wiston; ac hié wel meahton libban,

      Cd. Th. 49, 1; Gen. 785.

  • Wraðu wíta gehwylces, sæce and sorge,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2059; El. 1031.

  • Seó hreówsung ne beoþ ná bútan sorge,

      Bt. 31, 1; Fox 110, 29.

  • Wedera helm æfter Herebealde heortan sorge weallende wæg . . . mid ðære sorge, ðá him sió sár belamp, gumdreám ofgeaf,

      Beo. Th. 4937; B. 2468.

  • Sægde him tó sorge, ðæt hý ðone grénan wong ofgiefan sceoldan,

      Exon. Th. 130, 32; Gú. 447: 39, 11; Cri. 620.

  • Gé ðæs næfdon náne sorge (

    luctum

    ),
      Past. 32, 1; Swt. 211, 10.

  • Weán cúðon, sár and sorge,

      Cd. Th. 5, 21; Gen. 75: Beo. Th. 239; B. 119.

  • Ðú his (

    for it

    ) sorge ne þearft beran on ðínum breóstum,
      Cd. Th. 45, 28; Gen. 733.

  • Ic ða sorge gemon, hú ic bendum fæst bisga unrím dreág,

      Exon. Th. 280, 5; Jul. 624.

  • Hyge wearð mongum blissad sáwlum, sorge tóglidene,

      71, 31; Cri. 1164.

  • Sorga sárost,

      122, 19; Gen. 2029.

  • Sorga mǽst,

      308, 22; Sat. 696.

  • Weána gehwylcne, sídra sorga,

      Beo. Th. 300; B. 149.

  • Holofernus ðe ús monna mǽst morþra gefremede, sárra sorga,

      Judth. Thw. 24, 10.

  • Sorgna hátost,

      Exon. Th. 163, 12; Gú. 992.

  • Manna bearn sorgum sáwaþ,

      6, 18; Cri. 86.

  • Ne biþ him hyra yrmðu án tó wíte, ac ðara óþerra eád tó sorgum,

      79, 22; Cri. 1294.

  • On wíte mid swáte and mid sorgum libban,

      Cd. Th. 31, 8; Gen. 482.

  • Mid sorgum geswenced,

      Andr. Kmbl. 231; An. 116.

  • Ǽghwilc man sceolde mid sáre on ðás world cuman, ond hér on sorhgum beón and mid sáre of gewítan,

      Blickl. Homl. 5, 29.
Etymology
[Goth. saurga sorrow, care: O. Sax. sorga: O. H. Ger. sorga cura, solicitudo, angor, moeror, labor: Icel. sorg care, sorrow.]
Similar entries
v. bealo-, cear-, gnorn-, hyge-, inwit-, mód-, nearu-, sin-, torn-, þegn-sorh (-sorg); be-, or-, unbe-sorh; adj.
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v.  sorg.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sorh.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/28319.

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