sorh

Had the poet simply meant to express the notion of _grief_, he would have used _sorh_, _cearu_, or some other common word.

The Translations of Beowulf A Critical Bibliography Chauncey Brewster Tinker 1919

Hine sorh-wylmas lemede tō lange, hē his lēodum wearð, eallum æðelingum tō aldor-ceare; swylce oft bemearn ǣrran mǣlum swīð-ferhðes sīð snotor ceorl monig,

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

III. nē him inwit-sorh on sefan sweorceð (_darkens his soul_), 1738. for-sweorcan, _to grow dark_ or _dim_: pres. sg.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

And his mōdor þā gȳt gīfre and galg-mōd gegān wolde sorh-fulne sīð, suna dēað wrecan.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

III. ne him inwit-sorh on sefan sweorceð (_darkens his soul_), 1738. for-sweorcan, _to grow dark_ or _dim_: pres. sg.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

And his môdor þâ gyt gîfre and galg-môd gegân wolde sorh-fulne sîð, suna deáð wrecan.

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

Hine sorh-wylmas lemede tô lange, he his leódum wearð, eallum äðelingum tô aldor-ceare; swylce oft bemearn ærran mælum swîð-ferhðes sîð snotor ceorl monig,

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879