Middle English Dictionary Entry
mō̆rwe n.
Entry Info
Forms | mō̆rwe n. Also morew(e, morow(e, moruwe, morrow, morowh, morw, moro, morou, moru(e, (error) morowth & (early) morȝe & (WM) marewe, marowe & (in cpds.) mor(e-, mar-, morg(e-, (early) morege-, morgh-, (early SW & WM) mær-, mare-, marhe-, marech-, morh-. |
Etymology | OE morgen, Merc. margen. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. mōrn n.
1.
(a) Morning, the early part of the day; also, the dawn; houre of ~, the canonical hour of matins; ~ dai [OE morgendæg], morning; half a ~, half of a morning; (b) at ~, bi (in, on) the ~, in the morning; in (on) a ~; on morwes; atwen the twilight and the ~, between twilight and dawn; ayen (in, on) ~; fro ~ til (to) eve, on even and ~, all day long, continually; etc.; (c) eve(n and ~, ~ and eve, continually, always; also, in the morning and at evening; ne night ne ~, at any time, ever; the ~, in the morning; (d) in greetings: god ~ [see also god adj. 7. (e)].
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4420 : O Chauntecleer, acursed be that morwe That thow in to the yerd flaugh fro the bemes.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)1239 : Ofte springeþ þe briȝth morowe [LinI: morwe], Many to blisse, many to sorowe.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1469 : Wel may men the dispise, That hast the dawyng al nyght by thi syde..What! holde youre bed ther, thow, and ek thi Morwe!
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1308 : I shal no ferther out of Troie Than I may ride ayeyn on half a morwe.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)411 : Hyt had forgete the povertee That wynter, thorgh hys colde morwes, Had mad hyt suffre.
- c1450 As y gan wandre (Lamb 853)9 : My silf I likne vnto þe morewe [vr. morrow-tyde] Whanne y was child.
- a1475(a1447) Bokenham MAngl.(Hrl 4011)7/38 : Abowt mydsomer hit is oft dovted..wheþur þat brightnes be of þe Euerode aftur þe sonne goynge downe, or els of þe morow-day spryngynge before þe risynge of þe sonne.
- c1475 Rwl.Prov.(Rwl D.328)p.123 : Sepe cum mane discordant cantica sane: Hef song' & moro hys not hall' hone.
- c1450(1446) Nightingale (Clg A.2)9/239 : O thow, that hast thus past thoure [read: the oure] of morow Ande newly entrest in the oure of prime, Aught to be war to here of woo and sorow.
- c1450(1446) Nightingale (Clg A.2)11/300 : Ye that are in the third age Of your lyfe ande passed morow and prime, Aght euer be war to vse vnkyndly crime.
- -?-(1377) Tenants in Som.Dor.NQ 13273 : No mo shal morwe lese and eve lese her laboryng bests therynne.
b
- a1350 Of a mon (Hrl 2253)4 : In marewe men he sohte, at vnder mo he brohte..At mydday ant at non.
- c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.612 : Bi eiȝtenday at morwe He schal deliuer þe out of þi sorwe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)742 : But in his mochel morning on a morwe he rises.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)763 : He set his siȝt sadli to þat windowe euene..from morwe til eue.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)776 : Deliuerly was he diȝt uch day at morwe.
- (?c1375-a1390) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3586 : They in thy bed han slayn thee by the morwe.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 19.11 : Þanne Saul sente his cruel seruauntis þe nyȝt in to þe hous of dauyd þat þei myȝten keepen hym & slayn in þe morewe.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1034 : It fil ones, in a morwe of May, That..Er it were day..She was arisen, [etc.].
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.334 : Wel loued he by the morwe a sop in wyn.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)5.166 : Of vpholderis an hep, erliche be þe morewe [vr. arele amorne], Ȝeue glotoun..good ale to hansele.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)7.172 : Faitours..flatte on wiþ flailes fro morewe til eue.
- c1400 *Chaucer Astr.(Brussels 4869)[2.12.] 87b : Now riseth the sunne the sunday by the morwe.
- (1415) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)45 : Þe tapers þat leven þer of forto brenne be fore þe sepultre from Good Friday in to Ester day bi þe morwe.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3081 : Atwen þe tweyliȝt and þe rody morwe Þe[i] toke her leue.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.m.5.16 : Hesperus..is pale by the morwe at rysynge of the sonne.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)91/22 : At morwe [Man.(2): morue; F au matyn]..he was ful sory.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)154a/a : Enoynte þe pacient at euen þer with & at morwe.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)249/32 : Þou wentist to þe chirche eerly in a morowe for to heere masse.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)411/22 : Þe same lord ȝaf as myche to him þat cam at euen at þe laste hour, as he ȝaf to him þat cam bi þe morowe at þe first hour, or þridde or sixte.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)74/255 : Euere day here ȝour masse..And ȝif ȝe mai not on morwe, Loke ȝe do be vndorne, Or ellis b[e] mydday.
- c1430(c1395) Chaucer LGW Prol.(2) (Benson-Robinson)49 : There daweth me no day That I n'am up..To sen these floures agen the sonne sprede Whan it up ryseth by the morwe shene.
- a1450 Castle Love(1) (BodAdd B.107)1733 : Thus shall vchon to oþer menyn his sorewe..on euyn and morewe.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)4 : Hyt is wonder..what causeth swevenes, Eyther on morwes or on evenes.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)7136 : All þe troiens full tit tokyn þaire armys..erly at morow, To fare to þe fight.
- c1450(?a1405) Lydg.CBK (Frf 16)11 : From dreryhed of heuy nyghtis sorowe Nature bad hem ryse..Ageyn the goodly glad grey morowe.
- a1450(a1425) Mirk IPP (Cld A.2:Peacock)1601 : Þy pater-noster say ȝerne, In morowe & mydday & euentyde.
- c1450 Treat.Fish.(Yale 171)165/3 : The bytyng tyme ys erly by the morow from iiij at cloke vn-to viij.
- c1460 Erly in a someristide (Dub 432)152/1 : Yerly be þe morowe, in a somer tyde, I sawe..A gentyl woman sittyng in chepe syde.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4917 : I wille yt on the day of myn intirment be songge a messe..at vij of ye clokke be the morve or sone aftir.
- a1475 As y gan wandre (Brog 2.1)9 : One þe morrov when hit [is] fayre & clere, After none hit wendys awaye, And commyth to the nyȝt.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.77.54a : Þouȝ he..bete hym selue ilke a dai wiþ scourges fro morwe til euensongtime.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)207/5 : It is spedeful..to þee..þat þou chese to þee tyme of þe nyȝt..or eerliche in þe morowe fer bifore þat þe peple risiþ.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)710 : On Sundays of þe morow erly betyme Ȝe xall wyth ws to þe all-house erly to go dyn.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)269 : There were certeyne men armyd fro morowe to eve [vr. on the day] to kepe þis Erle.
- a1475 Sidrak & B.in JHMAS 23 (Lnsd 793)p.170 : Yaf it him to eten Ten daies at even and at morwe.
c
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)853 : He lette..loude clepie, þat þane ilke morewe come al his gode folke..to þan hustincge.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.2821 : What helpeth it..To tellen how she weep bothe eue and morwe?
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.152 : Myn housbonde shal it haue bothe eue and morwe.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)17642 : Þe morwe [Vsp: morn; Ld: morow] his asse dud he to diȝt.
- a1425 ME Verse in Anglia 92p.66 : Loue him bothe morow and eue, for loue is fresche and euer newe.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)1217 : Both morw and eue he vsed hem to fede.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)2440 : Þenne bygan Leyr to sorewe & ment his mone euen & morwe.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)22 : And I ne may, ne nyght ne morwe, Slepe.
- a1475 Bk.Quint.(Sln 73)21/35 : Vse it morowe and eue, & þe pacient schal be hool.
- a1500(?c1400) Triam.(Cmb Ff.2.38)679 : He beþynkyth hym boþe euyn and morow Where hym were beste to borowe.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)204 : Thei..wente to the courte euen and morowe whan thei wolden.
d
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)5.148 : Betoun þe breustere bad he good morewe [vrr. morowe, morwe, morwen; morne].
- (1415) Doc.Conspir.Hen.V in D.K.R.43584 : As I rode be twene Kengeston and Gilforde yer cum Luce..and bade gode morow.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)414 : Good morewe to þee, my lord!
2.
In cpds. and combs.: (a) ~ grei, the predawn twilight; ~ light [OE morgen-lēoht], daybreak, sunrise; ~ time, the morning hours; ~ whil, a period of time around or before sunrise; ~ tide, q.v.; (b) ~ cloud, a cloud or fog which dissipates in the course of a morning; ~ cold, the chill of the morning air; ~ deu, morning dew; ~ sterre [OE morgensteorra], a morning star, esp. the planet Venus; also, the angel Lucifer; also, fig. Christ; (c) ~ messe [OE morgenmæsse], a Low Mass said in the early morning, the first Mass of the day; ~ messe prest; ~ mete [OE morgen-mete], a small morning meal, breakfast; ~ slep, morning sleep, esp. after the time for rising; ~ song, matins; -- used fig.; ~ speche [LOE morgen-spǣc], a morning assembly held by a guild at specified times each year; also, a civil court convened under royal auspices; taken a ~ swot, to sweat in bed in the morning, lie in bed beyond the normal time for rising; (d) ~ yeve (iyeve) [OE morgen-giefu, A -gefu], a nuptial gift presented to the bride on the morrow after the wedding; also, a dowry; also fig. [see also place names].
Associated quotations
a
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)39 : On þis niht beð fowuer niht wecches..hanecrau þe bilimpeð þowuene men; morgewile to alde men.
- c1300 Lay.Brut (Otho C.13)17946 : Þou at þare midniht wepne þine cnihtes, þat þou at þan moreliht maȝe be a-redi to þe fiht.
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3461 : Ðe ðridde daiges morge-quile Ðunder and leuene made spile..Slep ðor non de ða ne up-wakeð.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3078 : It drow to day, As þei wel seie by the morwe graye.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)3444 : Oo mayde..whanne þe next morowe lyht Was come, illumynyd by goddys grace, To martyrdam hir offryd.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.2 Merch.(Hrl 2255)685 : Eek Lucifer, at morowhil prymycere, By nyht hym hidith vndir our empeere.
- a1450 NPass.(Cmb Dd.1.1)238/2005 : Whan þe morwe tyme was al gon, þei stertin of slepe euerichon.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)1 : Gladeth, ye foules, of the morowe gray! Lo! Venus rysen among yon rowes rede!
- c1450 ?C.d'Orl.Poems (Hrl 682)135/4041 : Louers alþermost defie Eche heuy thought..And rise or phebus in þe morow gray.
b
- c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.202 : He is..þe morewe sterre þorouȝ þe resureccioun þat was don in þe mornyng.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Apoc.22.16 : I am the roote and kynde of Dauid, a shynynge moru sterre [L stella..matutina].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)160a/a : Þat fysshe þat is yclepede elith comeþ oute of þe water by nyȝt and conceyueþ in londe of the morowe dewe [L rore matutino].
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)202a/a : Margarites..þat ben conceyued of þe morwe dewe [L matutini roris] ben ymade dymme with þe ayer of euen tyde.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)298b/b : Þe morwe cold [L Matutina..frigora] greueþ but litel.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.5854 : How fil þou so, o þou morwe sterre..Þat whilom wer for þi gret briȝtnes Callid Lucyfer.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.7996 : At þe vprist of þe morwe sterre, Late vs ordeyn..Out of þis hauene with þe wynde to saile.
- c1425 *Wycl.Concord.(Roy 17.B.1)139b : I shal ȝyue to him a morewe sterre.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)344 : Morow sterre [vr. morwynstere]: Lucifer.
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)353/12,29 : Alle þese dreedful thinges ben sone passed, Riȝte as þe morowe-clowde..þat felawschip of Seintes, þe whiche as morowe-sterres schyneden in þe dirke nyȝhte of þis worlde.
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)77/22 : The our of his deth was..at mateyns, for at þat tyme as Iob sayth: Praisen God, ye morow sterres.
- a1500 Peterb.Lapid.(Peterb 33)108 : In plato it is seyd þat margarites ben gendred of þe morow dewe.
c
- (1183-4) Cart.Oseney in OHS 8971 : Hanc donationem feci apud Oxeneford in placitis regis que appellantur Moregespeche.
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)237 : Ȝief he frend were, me sceolde ȝief him his morȝe mete, þat he þe bet mihte abide þane more mete.
- a1225(?OE) Vsp.A.Hom.(Vsp A.22)239 : Lat me þa sawle to merchestowe, þat his se morȝemete, si blisse þe he hað an þar sawle.
- a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)100/260 : His morȝe-sclep sal ben muchil lestind werse, þe swo on euen yuele haued ydronken.
- c1300 Body & S.(5) (LdMisc 108)p.51 : Ȝwan i bad þe erliche to rise..Þouȝ seidest, thou miȝtest a none wise Forgon þe murie morweslep.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.830 : If euensong and morwesong [vrr. morowe song, morowsonge, Morwsonge] acorde, Lat se now who shal telle the firste tale.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.49 : It is ordeyned..to haue foure morspeches in þe ȝere.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.54 : If any broyer be somound to any morwespeche..and wil nouht come..he xal paye a pound of wax to ye lytz.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.60 : Yis gylde shal haue iiij morwe-speces be ye ȝere. Ye fyrst morwe-speche shal ben ye soneday next aftyr ye drynkynge.
- ?c1430(?1383) Wycl.Curse (Corp-C 296)284 : For no man schal be weddid but ȝif he paie sixe pens on þe bok..and covenaunt makyng what he schal paie for a morewe masse.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)344 : Morow speche [vrr. morwespeche, morspech]: Crastinum colloquium.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1224 : Men lofe wel now to lye stylle In bedde to take a morowe swot.
- c1450(1415) Crowned King (Dc 95)10 : This i sey be my-self..Be a metyng that y met in a morowe slepe.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)116/23 : Ȝe þat heryn noȝt full dyvyn seruyse in ȝoure parysch-cherche, but a morwemasse, & gon & fyllen ȝoure bely.
- (1453) Will Huntyngdon in Antiq.24p.215 : [To serve..at] morowe masse auter [in worship of our lady and S. James].
- (1465-66) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.31398 : Payed to the morow masse preest for his Salarye for A quarter.
- (1470) Acc.St.John Peterb.in Antiq.51467 : Item, received..for the Morow Messe prest, iiij s.
- (1472) Rec.St.Mary at Hill17 : I woll & ordeyne..that the same preest shall syng his masses..Immediatly after the morowe masse in the said Chirch of seynt Mary.
- (1473) Acc.St.John Peterb.in Antiq.51467 : Payd to Syr Wyllm Wellys for kepying of the chyrch clok and chyme at Morrow Messe for half a yere iiij s. iiij d.
d
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)14394 : Maiden he heo hæfde, & mærȝeue hire bi-tahte.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31090 : Þe king of France..wulle hire to morȝeue þene Mans bitæchen.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)34/582 : Eadi is his spuse..hwas marheȝeue [Tit: marhe ȝiue] is þe kinedom of heouene.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)19/28 : For alle þe sawlen þe beoð forð fearen iþe bi leaue of þe fowr goddspelles..þet tu þe fowr marheȝeuen [Nero: morȝiuen; Cleo: mareȝeuen] ȝeoue ham in heouene.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)50/17 : Hit is semlich þet ancren þeos twa marheȝeouen [Nero: morhȝiuen; Cleo: marechȝeuen] habben biuoren oþre: swiftnesse & leome of a briht sihðe.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)51/28 : Þis is nu þe an marhe ȝeoue þet ich seide ancren schulden habben biuoren oþre.
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)257/24 : A lauedi of a gret contreie, and of grete moruȝiue [Corp-C: morȝiue] al-so.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)1.142 : Þis morwȝyve [vrr. morwe-ȝyve, morow-ȝyfe, more gif] is clepid of clerkes, dower of bodily sutilte.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)343 : Moryve [vr. morryve]: Dos.
- a1450(a1400) Athelston (Cai 175/96)315 : Madame, brouke weel þy moregeue.
3.
(a) The morrow; the next day; ~ dai; (b) in (on, upon) the ~, on (o) ~, on the ~ dai, on the morrow, next day; unto the ~, unto ~ dai, unto that other ~, until the next day; er the thridde ~, before the third day; on the thridde (sixte) ~, on the third (sixth) day; in the ~ in (of), on (the) ~ after, on the day after (a feast day); (c) other ~, on the day after tomorrow; the ~ dai, on the morrow, the next day; the thridde ~, on the third day; the ~ after, on the day after (a feast day, etc.).
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)6.148 : Ac ancres and heremytes, þat eten but at nones, And namore er morwe, myne almesse shul þei haue.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)24 : Whanne heuen is rody in the euentid, a cleer dai schal be the morewe.
- c1450(c1385) Chaucer Mars (Benson-Robinson)12 : The glade nyght ys worth an hevy morowe!
- a1500 Imit.Chr.(Dub 678)30/20 : The morwe [L cras] is a day uncerteyn.
b
- c1330(c1250) Floris (Auch)150 : On morewe, whan hit was dailiȝt, He aros vp in þe moreweninge.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)387 : On morwe þo þe dai sprong..King charles wente to cherche.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1100 : Þemperour..made him kniȝt on the morwe.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 3.15 : Samuel forsoþe slepte vn to þe morewe.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Deeds 4.5 : In the morwe [WB(2): amorewe; L in crastinum]..the princes..and eldere men and scribes schulden be gederid in Jerusalem.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)Jas.4.14 : Ȝe..witen not what is to ȝou in the morewe [L in crastino].
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1629 : On the morwe, er it were dayes light, Ful pryuely two harneys hath he dight.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.30 : Eueryche broyer and syster of yis gylde, erly on morwe aftyr ye gylde day, schal heryn a masse of requiem.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2852 : And he upon the morwe it seide Unto the clerkes whiche he hadde.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.2713 : Wherof his lord..A seknesse er the thridde morwe Conceived hath of dedly sorwe.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.2616 : For pure sorwe He liveth noght til on the morwe.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.906 : This was on the sixte morwe of May.
- a1400(c1250) Floris (Eg 2862)490 : Flores resteþ him þere al nyȝt, Tyl on þe morow þe day was lyȝt.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)21388 : Þar come til him þat ilk night Þat þai suld on þe moru fight.
- a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)3045 : On þe morwe, whenne hit was day, Boþe were þei done away.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)7.135 : Ankeris & heremytes..Shuln haue of myn almesse..Inouȝ iche day at non, ac no more til on þe morewe [vrr. morowe, morowh, morwe; morne].
- a1400 Pep.Gosp.(Pep 2498)102/1 : Upon þe morowe, als erlich as any man myȝth honouren, so wenten þe Maries and bouȝtten þe iognement.
- (1415) Doc.Conspir.Hen.V in D.K.R.43586 : And yat ye Erle of ye March..acordit to sowpe to geder on the morou at even at Cranborgh.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)158/19 : Þat hoost schall ben logged the nyght where the Emperour schall lygge vpon the morwe.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)148b/a : Putte it inne esilye in þe hole and on þe morowe take it oute.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)338/6 : He þinketh how he schal lyue on þe morowe.
- ?c1430 Wycl.Tract AMaria (Corp-C 296)204 : Þei lyuen in pride..daunsynge & lepynge in nyȝttis, & slepen out of reson on þe morwe.
- c1432 Bishop Notes in PMLA 49 (Cmb Dd.14.2)456 : Þe þridday of trete was in þe saturday in þe morw in þe Natiuite of Oure lady..þe ix..day of septembre.
- (?1438) Let.Ferrers in WANHSM 18 (Lngl 3)12 : Wryten atte Wytakere on ye morrow aftere Seynt Swythen day.
- a1450(1412) Glade in god þis (Dgb 102)67 : On morwe þey put me out aȝayn.
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)5621 : On the third morow Bellins, the king, Rose erlie or the day gan spring.
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)392 : O morwe, when the day was lyght, Thay hyeden that the childe were diȝt.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)4163 : On þe morow, also sone as hit was day, He went aȝeyn to þat same place.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)383 : Alle maner of men in þe morowe scholde Be sone after þe sonne assembled in þe felde.
- c1450 Ponthus (Dgb 185)39/12 : He..bad that he shuld not delyuere theym vnto that othre morowe at nyght.
- c1460 Oseney Reg.165/26 : This is the ffinall corde i-maade..In the morowe of þassencion of owre lorde.
- c1475 *Mondeville (Wel 564)158a/b : Þe man..schal absteyne him from mete and drynke vnto þe morowe.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)719 : A scheff-chambyr sche [read: he] hym chesys Tyll on the morrow day.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)106 : Alle that nyght dide he wake in the chief mynster till on the morowe day [F lendemain].
- a1500 Discip.Cler.(Wor F.172)39 : Thow hast taken respite vnto morow day [L crastinam diem].
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)146 : Þei ȝeden home..And comen aȝein on þe morwe in fere.
c
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1123 : Þene moruwe..he departede fram þe kingus court.
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1973 : Þene morewe, achildre-masse dai..to Caunterburi he wende.
- c1300 SLeg.Cross (LdMisc 108)37 : Þene Morewe aftur Midewinter day, to deþe huy him brouȝte.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)7843 : Þe morwe after seinte mari day, þe later ded he was.
- a1350 Stond wel moder (Hrl 2253)56 : When he ros, þo fel hire sorewe, hire blisse sprong þe þridde morewe.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)1 Kings 20.12 : I aserche þe sentence of my fader to morewe or ooþer morewe [WB(2): the nexte dai aftir; L perendie].
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.1829 : Erli the morwe day Out of his bedd..ha gan to fare Into the field.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)5993 : Moises praid þe moru dai [Frf: morne day; Göt: toder day], All þe fleies ware went awai.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24549 : He hight to rise þe thrid moru.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24636 : Mi sun ras þe thrid moruu.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (Bod 416:Everett)69/11 : Preie we God todai and tomorewe and oþer morewe.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3733 : This was don the morowe right be tyme, Vpon the hour whan it droh to pryme.
- (1426) Reg.Chichele in Cant.Yk.S.42 (Lamb 69)340 : The Dirige and messe of Requiem..yerly ys wont to be don at Seynt Antonyes chirche at London the morwe after the translacion of the same Seynt.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)3689 : Þou most preyȝe seynt Ede to be þi leche; & othemorwe, or hit be day-lyȝt, þou shalte haue þy tong & eke þy speche.
- (a1500) Collect.Anglo-Premonst.in RHS ser.3.12174 : At Oseney in hast, the morowth after the Fest of Corpus Christi.
4.
(a) In place names [see Smith PNElem. 26.43]; (b) in surnames.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1200) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)276 : Moriyenesfeld [read: Moriyeues-].
- (1240) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)276 : Morghynelond [read: Morghyue-].
- (c1248) EPNSoc.7 (Sus.)519 : Morgheyve.
- (1270) EPNSoc.7 (Sus.)519 : Morghyuemear.
- (1300) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)276 : Morȝenescroft [read: Morȝeues-].
- (1316) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)276 : Le Moreweȝenefanne [read: Moreweȝeue-].
- (c1350) EPNSoc.16 (Wil.)186 : Le Moregheueplace.
- (1364) EPNSoc.10 (Nhp.)274 : Moreȝeue Halle.
- (1368) EPNSoc.13 (War.)224 : La Morwehay.
- (1391) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)276 : Moreȝeuegroue.
- (1403) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)339 : Le Moreȝewe.
- (1428) EPNSoc.16 (Wil.)186 : Morwyeve.
- (1436) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)276 : Maryȝewe.
- (1438) EPNSoc.13 (War.)224 : Le Morghey.
- (1469) EPNSoc.12 (Ess.)276 : Moruefelde, Morefeldes.
- (1471) EPNSoc.19 (Cmb.)339 : Moryevecroft.
b
- (1275) in Sundby Dial.Wor.88 : Rog. Mareweslep. Ric. Mareweslep.
- (1296) Sub.R.Sus.in Sus.RS 106 : Stepho Morespych.
- (1374) in Sundby Dial.Wor.88 : Thom. Godemorewe.
- (1393) in Sundby Dial.Wor.88 : Sim. Marowe.