modcarig
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom mōd (“mind”) + cariġ (“grieving”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmōdcariġ
- anxious at heart, grieving
- 10th century, The Wanderer[1]:
- Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ- A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful
- A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
Declension
editDeclension of mōdcariġ — Strong
Declension of mōdcariġ — Weak
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “mōdcariġ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.