Derivational suffix common in adjectives from OE: bisi, crafti, gredi, holi, hungri(e, weri, etc.; also common in adjectives derived from nouns in ME: gleui, halki, happi, hasti(e, horni, worthi……
(a) Emotional or mental distress, grief, sadness; anxiety, care; mod sorwe [OE mōd-sorh], sorrow, grief; (b) a pang of sorrow; an attack of sorrow, anxiety, etc.; (c) a state of grief, unhappiness……
