sorg
nafnorðkvenkyn
[ saurga = μέριμνα, λύπη; and sorg; sorrow; sorge]:—sorrow, care, bereavement; the original sense is care (harmr being ‘sorrow’); sorg etr hjarta, 122; kveykva sorg, 1; ala sorg, (in a verse); hug-sorg, mind’s grief; búk-sorg, worldly care: , sorg ok sút, 147; snótum öllum sorg at minni veri, 21; með sorg, ii. 223, passim: cares, sorrows, lægja sorgir, 41; at sorgum, vi. (in a verse); segja sorgir, 84; minar eru sorgirnar þungar sem blý, an old ditty, iii. 317; sorgar-búnaðr, -búningr, a mourning dress, 20, : in old vernacular writings the only records of mourning are the phrase ‘to wear a black hood’ (falda blá) in (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 , as it is the national colour.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.Danish.
- Engl.English.
- Germ.German.
- allit.alliteration, alliterative.
- plur.fleirtala (e. plural)
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
- Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Hðm.Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
- Orkn.Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Gh.Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Rm.Rígsmál. (A. II.)
- Am.Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Sturl.Sturlunga saga. (D. I.)
- Barl.Barlaams saga. (F. III.)
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Heiðarv. S.Heiðarvíga saga. (D. II.)