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sorgian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
sorgian, sorhgian (and sorgan, v. pres. part. sorgende); p. ode,
Wright's OE grammar
§536; §643;
to care, be anxious, feel anxiety or care,
with a clause
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  • Hé nalles sorgode hwæðer siððan á Drihten ámetan wolde wrece be gewyrhtum

    he felt no anxiety as to whether the Lord would ever mete out vengeance according to deserts,

    • Met. 9, 34
      • .

  • Hí lyt sorgodon hwylc him ðæt edleán æfter wurde,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2456
      • ;
    • An. 1229
      • .
with preps. ymbe, for
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  • Hé sorgaþ ymb ða (useless works) and biþ ðara suíðe gemyndig and forgiett his selfes

    mens fit in exteriorum dispositione sollicita, et sui ignara,

    • Past. 4, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 37, 19
      • .

  • Geþenceaþ ðæt gé winnaþ and á embe ðæt sorgiaþ, ðæt wé úrne líchoman gefyllan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 99, 6
      • .

  • Ða ðe for his lífe lyt sorgedon,

    • Exon. Th. 116, 19
      • ;
    • Gú. 209
      • .

  • Nó ðú ymb mínes ne þearft líces feorme leng sorgian,

    • Beo. Th. 907
      • ;
    • B. 451
      • .
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  • Hé sceal winnan and sorgian, ðonne se dæg cume ðæt hé sceole ðæs ealles ídel hweorfan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 97, 25
      • .

  • Sorgiende

    anxius,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 67
      • .

  • Sorgende,

    • ii. 6, 66
      • .

  • Hú him woruldmanna seó unclǽne gecynd cearum sorgende hearde ondréde,

    • Exon. Th. 63, 10
      • ;
    • Cri. 1017
      • .

  • Sume dæge ðæt hé sorgiende

    (sollicitus)

    bád hwonne seó ádl tó him cóme,

    • Bd. 3, 12
      • ;
    • S. 537, 6
      • .

  • Ac hwæðere sorhgiende móde geornlíce þohte

    sed multum solicitus ac sedula mente cogitans,

    • 2, 12
      • ;
    • S. 514, 28
      • .
to sorrow, grieve, be sorry,
with preps. ymbe, for, on
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  • Gif ðú hafast mid ðé wulfes hrycghǽr . . . on síðfæte, bútan fyrhtu ðú ðone síð gefremest, ac se wulf sorgaþ ymbe his síð

    the wolf will be sorry for his journey,

    • Lchdm. i. 360, 22
      • .

  • Sweþe on ðon sorhgedon ðæt hí ðam láreówe onfón ne woldon ðe hí him tó sendon

    de non recepto quem miserant predicatore dolentes,

    • Bd. 3, 5
      • ;
    • S. 527, 29
      • .

  • Wit hreówige mágon sorgian for his síðe,

    • Cd. Th. 49, 30
      • ;
    • Gen. 800
      • .

  • Sorgiende for ðám ermþum,

    • Bt. 38, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 196, 7
      • .
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  • Sorgedon Adam and Eve, and him oft betuh gnornword gengdon,

    • Cd. Th. 47, 24
      • ;
    • Gen. 765
      • .

  • Ne sorga, snotor guma, sélre biþ æghwæm ðæt hé his freónd wrece, ðonne hé fela murne,

    • Beo. Th. 2772
      • ;
    • B. 1384
      • .

  • Ða woruldáre ðe ðú nú sorgiende ánforléte,

    • Bt. 7, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 20, 12
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 22, 28
      • ;
    • Gen. 347
      • .

  • Ðǽr mon mæg sorgende folc gehýran hygegeómor,

    • Exon. Th. 55, 28
      • ;
    • Cri. 890
      • .

  • Sume ofer sǽ sorgiende

    (dolentes)

    gewiton,

    • Bd. 1, 15
      • ;
    • S. 484, 7
      • .

  • Him sorgendum sár óðclífeþ,

    • Exon. Th. 77, 35
      • ;
    • Cri. 1267
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. saurgan to be anxious; to sorrow
:
O. Sax. sorgón
:
O. H. Ger. sorgén
:
Icel. sorga.
]
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v. be-, for-sorgian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “sorgian.” 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/28317.

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