sorhful

Old English

Alternative forms

• sorgful, sorhfull

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *surgafullaz (“full of care; anxious”), equivalent to sorh +‎ -ful. Cognate with Old High German sorgfol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsorx.ful/, [ˈsorˠx.ful]

Adjective

sorhful (comparative sorhfulra)

1. full of care or anxiety, careful, anxious
2. sorrowful, mournful, grievous, sad, causing grief or sorrow

Declension

Declension of sorhful — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sorhful	sorhful	sorhful
Accusative	sorhfulne	sorhfulle	sorhful
Genitive	sorhfulles	sorhfulre	sorhfulles
Dative	sorhfullum	sorhfulre	sorhfullum
Instrumental	sorhfulle	sorhfulre	sorhfulle
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sorhfulle	sorhfulla, sorhfulle	sorhful
Accusative	sorhfulle	sorhfulla, sorhfulle	sorhful
Genitive	sorhfulra	sorhfulra	sorhfulra
Dative	sorhfullum	sorhfullum	sorhfullum
Instrumental	sorhfullum	sorhfullum	sorhfullum

Declension of sorhful — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sorhfulla	sorhfulle	sorhfulle
Accusative	sorhfullan	sorhfullan	sorhfulle
Genitive	sorhfullan	sorhfullan	sorhfullan
Dative	sorhfullan	sorhfullan	sorhfullan
Instrumental	sorhfullan	sorhfullan	sorhfullan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sorhfullan	sorhfullan	sorhfullan
Accusative	sorhfullan	sorhfullan	sorhfullan
Genitive	sorhfulra, sorhfullena	sorhfulra, sorhfullena	sorhfulra, sorhfullena
Dative	sorhfullum	sorhfullum	sorhfullum
Instrumental	sorhfullum	sorhfullum	sorhfullum

Descendants

• Middle English: sorweful
  • English: sorrowful

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sorhfull”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.