sorg – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of sorg

Noun: sorg
Gender: f

Nominative

Sg. Indef.sorg
Sg. Def.sorgin
Pl. Indef.sorgir
Pl. Def.sorgirnar

Genitive

Sg. Indef.sorgar
Sg. Def.sorgarinnar
Pl. Indef.sorga
Pl. Def.sorganna

Dative

Sg. Indef.sorg
Sg. Def.sorginni
Pl. Indef.sorgum
Pl. Def.sorgunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.sorg
Sg. Def.sorgina
Pl. Indef.sorgir
Pl. Def.sorgirnar

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like sorg

jórsalaferð, þjónkan, auralykt, ón, ásjón, þurft, deyfð, drótt, fjǫld, feigð, fylgð, grein, burst, hlust, hrygð, hvíld, hátíð, átt, ást, ætt, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *surgō, from Proto-Indo-European *surgh- (“worry, care, be sick”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry; be ill, suffer”). Compare Old English sorh, sorg, Old Frisian sorge, Old Saxon sorga, Old High German sworga, sorga, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌰 (saurga). See: Old English Nouns 'sorh', Gothic Nouns '𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌰'.

Verbs referencing "sorg"

Danish Nouns sorg, Faroese Nouns sorg, Icelandic Nouns sorg, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns sorg, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns sorg, Old English Nouns sorg, Swedish Nouns sorg.

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