sorgian

Old English

Alternative forms

• sorhgian, *sœrgian, *sergian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sorgōn, a variant of *sorgēn, from Proto-Germanic *surgāną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsor.ɡi.ɑn/, [ˈsorˠ.ɣi.ɑn]

Verb

sorgian

1. to worry

   Hwæt lā, wēnst þū þæt iċ ymb hīe ne sorgiġe, swīðost nū?

   What, you think that I don't worry about her, especially now?

   • c. 900, The Consolation of Philosophy

     Þēah hē nū nāwiht elles næbbe ymb tō sorgienne, þæt him mæġ tō sorge þæt hē nāt hwæt him tōweard biþ.

     Even if right now he has nothing else to worry about, it can still bother him that he doesn’t know what's in store for the future.

2. to grieve, sorrow

Conjugation

Conjugation of sorgian (weak class 2)

infinitive	sorgian	sorgienne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	sorgiġe	sorgode
second person singular	sorgast	sorgodest
third person singular	sorgaþ	sorgode
plural	sorgiaþ	sorgodon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	sorgiġe	sorgode
plural	sorgiġen	sorgoden
imperative
singular	sorga
plural	sorgiaþ
participle	present	past
	sorgiende	(ġe)sorgod

Derived terms

• besorgian
• efensorgian
• forsorgian
• sorgung

Related terms

• sorg

Descendants

• Middle English: sorȝen, serȝhen, sorwen, serwen
  • English: sorrow
  • Scots: sorow, sorrow