sorh, st. f., _grief, pain, sorrow_: nom. sg., 1323; sorh is me tô secganne (_pains me to say_), 473; acc. sg. sorge, 119, 2464; dat. instr. sg. mid þære sorge, 2469; sorge (_in sorrow, grieved_), 1150; gen. sg. worna fela ... sorge, 2005; dat. pl. sorgum, 2601; gen. pl. sorga, 149.--Comp.: hyge-, inwit-, þegn-sorh. sorh-cearig, adj., _curis sollicitus, heart-broken_: nom. sg., 2456. sorh-ful, adj., _sorrowful, troublesome, difficult_: nom. sg., 2120; acc. sg. sorh-fullne (sorh-fulne) sîð, 512, 1279, 1430. sorh-leás, adj., _free from sorrow_ or _grief_: nom. sg., 1673. sorh-leoð, st. n., _dirge, song of sorrow_: acc. sg., 2461. sorh-wylm, st. m., _wave of sorrow_ nom. pl. sorh-wylmas, 905. sôcn, st. f., _persecution, hostile pursuit_ or _attack_ (see sêcan): dat, (instr.) þære sôcne (by reason of Grendel's persecution), 1778. sôð, st. n., _sooth, truth_:: acc. sg. sôð, 532, 701, 1050, 1701, 2865; dat. sg. tô sôðe (_in truth_), 51, 591, 2326. sôð, adj., _true, genuine_: nom. sg, þät is sôð metod, 1612; acc. sg. n. gyd âwräc sôð and sâr-lîc, 2110. sôðe, adv., _truly, correctly, accurately_, 524; sôðe gebunden (of alliterative verse: _accurately put together_), 872. sôð-cyning, st. m., _true king_: nom. sg. sigora sôð-cyning (_God_), 3056. sôð-fäst, adj., _soothfast, established in truth, orthodox_ (here used of the Christian martyrs): gen. pl. sôð-fästra dôm (_glory, realm, of the saints_), 2821. sôð-lîce, adv., _in truth, truly, truthfully_, 141, 273, 2900. sôfte, adv., _gently, softly_: compar. þý sêft (_the more easily_), 2750.--Comp. un-sôfte. sôna, adv., _soon, immediately_, 121, 722, 744, 751, 1281, 1498, 1592, 1619, 1763, etc. on-spannan, st. v., _to un-span, unloose_: pret. sg. his helm on-speón (_loosed his helm_), 2724. spel, st. n., _narrative, speech_: acc. sg. spell, 2110; acc. pl. spel, 874; gen. pl. spella, 2899, 3030.--Comp. weá-spel. spêd, st. f.: 1) _luck, success_: in comp. here-, wîg-spêd.--2) _skill, facility_: acc. sg. on spêd (_skilfully_), 874. spîwan, st. v., _to spit, spew_, w. instr.: inf. glêdum spîwan (_spit fire_), 2313 spor, st. n., _spur_: in comp. hand-spor. spôwan, st. v., _to speed well, help, avail_: pret. sg. him wiht ne speów (_availed him naught_), 2855; hû him ät æte speów (_how he sped in the eating_), 3027. spræc, st. f., _speech, language_: instr. sg. frêcnan spræce (_through bold, challenging, discourse_), 1105.--Comp.: æfen-, gylp-spræc.