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TOPIK 6verb

서리다

seorida

서려요 · 서렸어요 · 서릴 거예요 · 서린 (+noun)

(steam) to fog up, to form; (feelings, spirit) to be steeped in, to linger

Example

추운 날 밖에서 들어오니 안경에 김이 서렸어요.

When I came in from the cold, my glasses fogged up.

Word parts

Homonym warning: another 서리다 means 'to coil up', like a snake; 서리 alone is 'frost'.

Good to know

Literary use: 한이 서린 노래 'a song steeped in sorrow' — the modifier 서린 is very common.