sorhful
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Old English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *surgafullaz (“full of care; anxious”), equivalent to sorh + -ful. Cognate with Old High German sorgfol.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sorhful (comparative sorhfulra)
- full of care or anxiety, careful, anxious
- sorrowful, mournful, grievous, sad, causing grief or sorrow
Declension[edit]
Declension of sorhful — Strong
Declension of sorhful — Weak
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sorhfull”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.