Noun: sorg
Gender: f
Nominative
| Singular | sorg |
| Plural | sorga; sorge |
Genitive
| Singular | sorge |
| Plural | sorga |
Dative
| Singular | sorge |
| Plural | sorgum |
Accusative
| Singular | sorge |
| Plural | sorga; sorge |
Sample Sentences
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oþþe mec frēondlēasne · frēfran wolde,
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wēman mid wynnum. · Wāt sē þe cunnað,
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hū slīþen bið · sorg tō ġefēran,
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þām þe him lȳt hafað · lēofra ġeholena. (or friendless me would soothe,
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allure with glees. Knows the one who undergoes,
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how tough is sorrow as a companion,
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to whom little has dear confidants for himself.) [10th century, The Wanderer:]
Nouns inflected like sorg
hwistlung,
serfis,
beofung,
ypping,
leornung,
syfling,
fyrding,
herebeorg,
hlacerung,
hæftnung,
setlung,
delfing,
feldwyrt,
cnyssung,
feltwyrt,
predicung,
samnung,
bisgung,
feormung,
brytsen, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *sorgu, from Proto-Germanic *surgō.
2. Cognate with Old Frisian sorge, Old Saxon sorga, Old Dutch sorga, Old High German sorga, Old Norse sorg, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌰 (saurga). See: Old Norse Nouns '
sorg', Gothic Nouns '
𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌰'.
Verbs referencing "sorg"
English Nouns
sorrow, Middle English Nouns
sorwe.
Translations