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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sorgōn, a variant of *sorgēn, from Proto-Germanic *surgāną.
Pronunciation
Verb
sorgian
- to worry
Hwæt lā, wēnst þū þæt iċ ymb hīe ne sorgiġe, swīðost nū?- What, you think that I don't worry about her, especially now?
- c. 900, The Consolation of Philosophy
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.
- to grieve, sorrow
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