Middle English Dictionary Entry

mōrn n.
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

Note: Cp. mō̆rwe n.
1.
(a) Morning; dawn, break of day; neue yeres ~; paske ~, Easter morning; sevendai (sonnes) ~, Sunday morning; also fig.; (b) at (bi, in, on) ~, in the morning; bi forth ~, at dawn; in a ~, during a morning; nother bi even ne bi ~, on even ne ~, never; on a ~, on a certain morning; also, on any morning; whiles the ~ to middai, all morning until midday; etc.; (c) even and ~, middai (midnight) and ~, midnight ~ and non, always, ever; that (this) ~, on that (this) morning; the ~ saterdai, on Saturday morning; (d) in the greeting: god ~ [see god adj. 7. (e)].
2.
(a) The morrow; the next morning; the next day; at ~, a the ~, o (the) ~, on (the) ~, on the other (tother) ~, thas on ~, on the next morning, on the next day; (b) in (the) ~, on the next morning; in the ~ of, on the day after (the feast of St. Matthew); into the ~, until tomorrow; about tomorrow; on that other ~, on the second morning; on ~ after, on the ~ (next) after, on the morning after, on the day after; til (on the) ~, until the next morning; upon (the) ~, on the next morning; upon the thridde ~, on the third day following; (c) the ~, other ~, the next morning; the next day; the ~ next after, on the day following (a specified saint's day); the thridde ~, on the third morning.
3.
Cpds. and combs. (a) ~ drinke, a morning drink; ~ light, morning light; ~ milk, freshly drawn milk; ~ prest, the priest celebrating early Mass; ~ slep, morning sleep; ~ sterre, the planet Venus when appearing before sunrise; (b) ~ whil, morning; the early morning, the hours of the night after midnight; in the (a) ~ whil, in the morning; in the early morning; on other daies ~ whil, on the morning of the next day; the ~ dai, on the next day; (c) ~ speche, a regular meeting of a guild, esp. one held on either the morning of or the morning after the guild feast; ~ yifte, a nuptial gift, a gift presented by the husband to the wife on the morning after the consummation of the marriage; the marriage portion.
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