(a) Of a person, an animal: sad, sorrowful; grieved; melancholy; also fig. of heaven and earth [quot. a1450]; ~ in (on) herte, ~ in thought, ~ on mod; clauen a ~ mannes hed, to be sad; (b) distressed, upset; vexed; chagrined; ~ ayens, resentful toward (God), angry with; (c) repentant, remorseful, contrite; (d) of the heart, soul, spirit, etc.: sad, sorrowful; mid (with) ~ herte (mod), with mani a ~ hertes thought; (e) in cpd.: ~ mod [cp. OE sārig-mōd], sorrowful; (f) as noun: a sad person, wretch; also, sad people, wretches; (g) maken ~, to sadden (sb., the heart); distress (sb.), vex; (h) ben ~ for, to be sorry about (sth.), be distressed by; also, feel sorry for (sb.); ben ~ o (of), berepentant of (sth.); also, be distressed on account of (sth.); ben ~ on, take pity on (sth.); (i) ben ~; -- used with that clause or inf. phrase.

(a) Causing pain or sorrow; distressing, painful, bitter; beginnen (maken) a ~ pleie, to begin (engage in) a bitter battle; (b) expressing sorrow; dejected-looking, gloomy; also, expressing vexation; gon a ~ pase, to go sorrowfully; singen a ~ song, be sad; (c) associated with sorrow, dismal, dreary; ~ dai.

(a) Of a person: inspiring pity, miserable, pitiful; poor, ignorant; (b) of a person, race: contemptible, worthless; incompetent; undesirable; (c) ~ herted, foolish; also, as noun: a fool.

(a) Poor in quality or condition, mean, wretched; -- sometimes used in fig. context; grievous; troublesome, vexing; of smell: foul; of years: bringing famine, barren; ~ dogge hole, a wretched town; (b) unlucky, unfortunate; ~ chaunce (grace), ~ chaunce (chek, cut, grace); in ~ houre, at an inauspicious time; in imprecation: carl (riotour) with ~ grace, confounded rascal (reveler).

Evil, wicked, sinful; accursed: (a) of a person, demon, an animal, etc.; (b) of a thing, a sin, desire, etc.; ~ wille, ill will; maken a ~ pleie, to play havoc.