angsum

Old English

Alternative forms
  • ancsum, anxsum

Etymology

From ang- +‎ -sum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑnɡ.sum/, [ˈɑŋɡsum]

Adjective

angsum

  1. narrow, strait, troublesome, hard, difficult
    Eálá hú neara and hú angsum is ðæt geat, and se weg ðe to lífe gelǽdt; and swýðe feáwa synt ðe ðone weg. — How narrow and strait is the door, and which the way leading to life; and sorely few are of that way.

Declension
Declension of angsum — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative angsum angsumu, -o angsum
Accusative angsumne angsume angsum
Genitive angsumes angsumre angsumes
Dative angsumum angsumre angsumum
Instrumental angsume angsumre angsume
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative angsume angsuma, -e angsumu, -o
Accusative angsume angsuma, -e angsumu, -o
Genitive angsumra angsumra angsumra
Dative angsumum angsumum angsumum
Instrumental angsumum angsumum angsumum
Declension of angsum — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative angsuma angsume angsume
Accusative angsuman angsuman angsume
Genitive angsuman angsuman angsuman
Dative angsuman angsuman angsuman
Instrumental angsuman angsuman angsuman
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative angsuman angsuman angsuman
Accusative angsuman angsuman angsuman
Genitive angsumra, angsumena angsumra, angsumena angsumra, angsumena
Dative angsumum angsumum angsumum
Instrumental angsumum angsumum angsumum
  • angnes f — angst, anxiety, uneasiness, trouble, pain, anguish, fear
  • angsumian, geangsumian — to vex, afflict
  • angsume — in trouble, in difficulties
  • angsumlic — troublesome, anxious, painful.
  • angsumlīce — anxiously, painfully
  • angsumnes, anxsumnes f — angst, anxiety, pain, sorrow, trouble: difficulty, perplexity

References
  • Bosworth-Toller, angsum
  • Clark's Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, angsum
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