Participles
| Present | sorgiende |
| Past | (ġe)sorgod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | sorgiġe |
| 2nd sing. | sorgast |
| 3rd sing. | sorgaþ |
| 1st plur. | sorgiaþ |
| 2nd plur. | sorgiaþ |
| 3rd plur. | sorgiaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | sorgode |
| 2nd sing. | sorgodest |
| 3rd sing. | sorgode |
| 1st plur. | sorgodon |
| 2nd plur. | sorgodon |
| 3rd plur. | sorgodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | sorgiġe |
| 2nd sing. | sorgiġe |
| 3rd sing. | sorgiġe |
| 1st plur. | sorgiġen |
| 2nd plur. | sorgiġen |
| 3rd plur. | sorgiġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | sorgode |
| 2nd sing. | sorgode |
| 3rd sing. | sorgode |
| 1st plur. | sorgoden |
| 2nd plur. | sorgoden |
| 3rd plur. | sorgoden |
Imperative
| Singular | sorga |
| Plural | sorgiaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'sorgian'
cnossian,
hwisprian,
hwistlian,
sagian,
sacian,
sadian,
solian,
siwian,
sipian,
yrsian,
myrþrian,
fuglian,
fundian,
fulwian,
fullian,
leornian,
borcian,
borgian,
beorhtian,
wohhian, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sorgian'
borgian,
besorgian,
borcian,
borian,
folgian,
forgan,
forgifan,
forþian,
gorian,
hergian,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sorgōn, a variant of *sorgēn, from Proto-Germanic *surgāną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*surgāną'.
Verbs referencing "sorgian"
Middle English
sorwen.
Sample Sentences
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Hwæt lā, wēnst þū þæt iċ ymb hīe ne sorgiġe, swīðost nū? (What, you think that I don't worry about her, especially now?)
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c. 900, The Consolation of Philosophy
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Þēah hē nū nāwiht elles næbbe ymb tō sorgienne, þæt him mæġ tō sorge þæt hē nāt hwæt him tōweard biþ. (Even if right now he has nothing else to worry about, it can still bother him that he doesn’t know what's in store for the future.)
Cognates
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