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発音

• IPA: /ˈsɑː.rij/

形容詞

sāriġ (superlative sāriġest)

1. sad, sorrowful, distressed, grieving, mournful

   Hē is sāriġ, for þon þe his frēond stearf.

   He is mournful, because his friend died.

2. causing distress, causing sorrow; painful, grievous, dismal

   Þæt sāriġe spell dēþ nānne mann blīþne.

   That sorrowful story makes no person happy.

3. grieved or vexed or regretful [with for (+ dative) ‘for or (because) of something’]
   • c. 900, The Old English Boethius

     Sē is swīðe sāriġ for ðīnum earfoðum ⁊ for ðīnum wræcsīðe.

     He is very grieved by thy hardships and by thy exile.

4. remorseful, penitent, apologetic

   God forġiefþ sāriġum synfullum.

   God forgives a penitent sinner.

5. (substantive) a wretched or sorrowful person

   Gōd mann frēfreþ sāriġne.

   A good person comforts a sorrowful person.

使用する際の注意点

• Sāriġ was not used as an apologetic interjection.
  • In other words, one would not simply say, *Sāriġ. to apologize for something.
• To express an apology, one used these verbs:
  • One could use forġiefan (in the imperative form) or belādian (in either the imperative form, or in the indicative with a reflexive pronoun of the one apologising) can be used: Forġief þū mē lēof! Þæt nis ġīet ġearu. ("Forgive me, sir! That's not ready yet.").
  • Alternatively, ofþynċan may be used: Mē ofþyncþ þæt wē fliton ("I'm sorry that we quarrelled", literally "It displeases me that we quarrelled").

語形変化

派生した語

• Middle English: sory, sari, sary, soory, sori, sorry, sariȝ, særi (Early Middle English)
  • English: sorry (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: sairy
  • Yola: sorry (noun)