Browse by Letter
Choose language
Old English Dictionary Entry

Sorh-leóþ

Back to Letter S
Definitions

Definitions

1 definitions

1 sorh-leóþ

n. A sorrowful song, a lay of grief:--Gesyhþ sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne . . . nis ðǽr hearpan swég, gomen in geardum swylce ðǽr iú wǽron. Gewíteþ ðonne, sorhleóð gæleþ, Beo. Th. 4912; B. 2460. Ongunnon ðá (after putting Jesus in the grave) sorhleóð galan, Rood Kmbl. 134; Kr. 67. sorh-leoþ
Similar Words

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚩᚱᚻ-ᛚᛖᚩᚦ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
View All Sources