sorh

Old English

Alternative forms

sorg

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *surgō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”). Cognate with Old Frisian sorge (West Frisian soarch) Old Saxon sorga, Old Dutch sworga, sorga (Dutch zorg), Old High German sorga (German Sorge), Old Norse sorg (Danish sorg, Swedish sorg), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌰 (saurga).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sorx/

Noun

sorh f

worry, anxiety
sorrow, grief

Declension

Declension of sorh (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sorh	sorga, sorge
accusative	sorge	sorga, sorge
genitive	sorge	sorga
dative	sorge	sorgum

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: sorȝe, sorwe, sorow
- English: sorrow
- Scots: sorow

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