† besorrowv.

Forms: Old English besorgian, Old English bisorgian, early Middle English bisoreȝe, Middle English bisorwe.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian bisorgia to care for, look after, to provide, procure, to fear (West Frisian besoargje to care for, look after, to provide, procure, to deliver), Middle Dutch besorgen to be sorry for, to care for, look after, to provide, procure (Dutch bezorgen to procure, to deliver, to give, cause), Old Saxon bisorgon to care for, look after (Middle Low German besorgen to be sorry for, to care for, look after, to provide), and (with different stem class) Old High German bisorgēn to care for, look after, to provide (Middle High German besorgen to care for, look after, to provide, procure, to take care of, deal with, to be anxious about, fear, German besorgen ) < the Germanic base of be- prefix + the Germanic base of sorrow v.Compare also the etymologically distinct Old English besārgian , in similar senses (see sorry v.).

Obsolete.

transitive. To be anxious or troubled about; to be sorry for, regret. Also: to care for, look after.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > be anxious about [verb (transitive)]

besorrowOE

bihoȝi-ena1000

sorrow1530

OE Phoenix 368 Forþon he drusende deað ne bisorgað, sare swyltcwale.

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) iii. 201 Swiðor he besorgade [OE Royal 7 C.xii besargode] þa heora synna þonne his agene wunda.

OE tr. Apollonius of Tyre (1958) xx. 32 Eala lareow, gif ðu me lufodest, þu hit besorgodest [L. doleres].

lOE St. Nicholas (Corpus Cambr.) (1997) 88 Ealle þa þe mid earfoðnesse wæron geswæinte, he besorgode.

c1175 ( Ælfric's Homily on Nativity of Christ (Bodl. 343) in A. O. Belfour 12th Cent. Homilies in MS Bodl. 343 (1909) 94 Hwylon heo [sc. the soul] bisoreȝæð [OE Julius E.vii besargað] hire lichames sarnesse, hwilon heo glædeþ on gode limpum.

c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 68 (MED) Michel j bisorwede the purpoynt that j hadde on.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	besorrow
释义	† besorrowv. Forms: Old English besorgian, Old English bisorgian, early Middle English bisoreȝe, Middle English bisorwe. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian bisorgia to care for, look after, to provide, procure, to fear (West Frisian besoargje to care for, look after, to provide, procure, to deliver), Middle Dutch besorgen to be sorry for, to care for, look after, to provide, procure (Dutch bezorgen to procure, to deliver, to give, cause), Old Saxon bisorgon to care for, look after (Middle Low German besorgen to be sorry for, to care for, look after, to provide), and (with different stem class) Old High German bisorgēn to care for, look after, to provide (Middle High German besorgen to care for, look after, to provide, procure, to take care of, deal with, to be anxious about, fear, German besorgen ) < the Germanic base of be- prefix + the Germanic base of sorrow v.Compare also the etymologically distinct Old English besārgian , in similar senses (see sorry v.). Obsolete. transitive. To be anxious or troubled about; to be sorry for, regret. Also: to care for, look after. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > be anxious about [verb (transitive)] besorrowOE bihoȝi-ena1000 sorrow1530 OE Phoenix 368 Forþon he drusende deað ne bisorgað, sare swyltcwale. OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) iii. 201 Swiðor he besorgade [OE Royal 7 C.xii besargode] þa heora synna þonne his agene wunda. OE tr. Apollonius of Tyre (1958) xx. 32 Eala lareow, gif ðu me lufodest, þu hit besorgodest [L. doleres]. lOE St. Nicholas (Corpus Cambr.) (1997) 88 Ealle þa þe mid earfoðnesse wæron geswæinte, he besorgode. c1175 ( Ælfric's Homily on Nativity of Christ (Bodl. 343) in A. O. Belfour 12th Cent. Homilies in MS Bodl. 343 (1909) 94 Hwylon heo [sc. the soul] bisoreȝæð [OE Julius E.vii besargað] hire lichames sarnesse, hwilon heo glædeþ on gode limpum. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 68 (MED) Michel j bisorwede the purpoynt that j hadde on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.OE
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