sore English · revision 13451

− It is [[inh|ang|sār|t=painful, grievous, aching]] (before 899, in Alfred's Pastoral Care),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|gem-pro|*sairaz]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) cognate with Old Saxon sēr, Dutch zeer, Old High German sēr (German sehr, very), Old Norse sárr, sore, wounded, and Gothic sair, pain.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) Possible cognates outside Germanic are Old Irish sāeth, pain, and Latin saevus, fierce.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) Etymonline thinks its meaning was influenced by Old Norse.^(Etymonline)