Old English

Alternative forms

• ancsum, anxsum

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

Related terms

• angnes f. — angst, anxiety, uneasiness, trouble, pain, anguish, fear
• angsumian, geangsumian — to vex, afflict
• angsume — in trouble, in difficulties
• angsumlic — troublesome, anxious, painful.
• angsumliīce — anxiously, painfully
• angsumnes, anxsumnes f. — angst, anxiety, pain, sorrow, trouble: difficulty, perplexity

References

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