sorwe – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of sorwe

Noun: sorwe
Sg.sorwe
Pl.sorwes

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • […] ech of yow see others sorwes smerte. [Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde Book III, ll.950]

Nouns inflected like sorwe

schepherde, drope, uncle, werre, ape, synne, sorwe, fethere, myle, sege, storie,

Etymology

1. From the oblique cases of Old English sorg, from Proto-West Germanic *sorgu, from Proto-Germanic *surgō.
2. Forms with /ɛ/, /œ/ are influenced by Old English *sergian, *seorgian, variants of sorgian (“to commiserate”), while forms with /a/ and the "physical pain" sense are probably due to influence from sory (“sad”). See: Old English Nouns 'sorg'.

Verbs referencing "sorwe"

English Nouns sorrow.

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