sorweful
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English sorhful.
Adjective
sorweful
- sorrowful
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1070-1073:
- This sorweful prisoner, this Palamoun,
Goth in the chambre, roming to and fro,
And to him-self compleyning of his wo;
That he was born, ful ofte he seyde, ‘alas!’- This sorrowful prisoner, this Palamon,
Goes in the chamber roaming to and fro,
And to himself lamenting his woe;
That he was born, full often he said, ‘alas!’
- This sorrowful prisoner, this Palamon,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1070-1073:
Descendants
- English: sorrowful
References
- “sorweful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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