Sorg

Old Norse Dictionary - sorg

Meaning of Old Norse word "sorg" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

sorg Old Norse word can mean:

sorg: f. [Ulf. saurga = μέριμνα, λύπη; A. S. and Dan. sorg; Engl. sorrow; Germ. sorge]:—sorrow, care, bereavement; the original sense is care (harmr being ‘sorrow’); sorg etr hjarta, Hm. 122; kveykva sorg, Hðm. 1; ala sorg, Orkn. (in a verse); hug-sorg, mind’s grief; búk-sorg, worldly care: allit., sorg ok sút, Hm. 147; snótum öllum sorg at minni veri, Gh. 21; með sorg, FmS. ii. 223, passim: plur. cares, sorrows, lægja sorgir, Rm. 41; at sorgum, FmS. vi. (in a verse); segja sorgir, Am. 84; minar eru sorgirnar þungar sem blý, an old ditty, Sturl. iii. 317; sorgar-búnaðr, -búningr, a mourning dress, Barl. 20, Stj.: in old vernacular writings the only records of mourning are the phrase ‘to wear a black hood’ (falda blá) in Heiðarv. S. (in a verse), and the hanging the hall with black in the celebrated passage in Jómsvík S., see Sir Edmund Head’s ballad ‘The Death of old King Gorm;’ neither is black used for mourning in Icel., as it is the national colour.

sorg: COMPDS: sorgbitinn, sorgeyrr, sorgafullr, sorgfullr, sorgalauss, sorglauss, sorgliga, sorgligr, sorgmóðr, sorgmæði, sorgsamligr, sorgarsamligr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚱᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

allit.: alliteration, alliterative.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

lit.: literally.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

plur.: plural.

S.: Saga.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Am.: Atla-mál. (A. II.)

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gh.: Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)

Hðm.: Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)

Heiðarv. S.: Heiðarvíga Saga. (D. II.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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