Middle English Dictionary Entry
sōrī̆nes(se n.
Entry Info
| Forms | sōrī̆nes(se n. Also (N or early) sarines(se & (early) sorinische, sarignesse, særi-; pl. (early) sorinesses, -en, sarinesse(s. |
| Etymology | OE sārigness |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Sorrow, grief, melancholy, distress; (b) a kind, an instance, or a state of sorrow; an occasion of sorrow; also, a sad situation, a pity [quot. a1325]; (c) wailing, lamentation; (d) repentance, remorse, contrition; (e) vexation; (f) damnation.
Associated quotations
a
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.Nicod.(Vsp D.14)85/20 : Ic sæde on eorðen þæt deade mænn scolden arisen, & helle scolde beon geheregod, & sarignysse eall to blisse gewænd þurh wuldres Bearn.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)103 : Þeo fifte sunne is Tristicia, þet is þissere worlde sarinesse.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)4684 : Aruiragus wes swiðe glad, ah sone þer-æfter him come særinesse [Otho: sorinisse].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6256 : Næs nauere þe mon iboren..þe auere mihte tellen..of þere muchele særi-næsse.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)35 : His ofspring..wuneden hwile mid hunger, hwile mid þurste..hwile mid sorinesse.
- a1250 Cristes milde moder (Nero A.14)36 : Þu ȝiuest eche reste..þer ðe neure deað ne come, ne herm ne sorinesse.
- ?a1300 Jacob & J.(Bod 652)183 : Woso seye Iacob his sorinesse lede, Hit were muche reuþe in boc for to rede.
- c1300(?c1225) Horn (Cmb Gg.4.27)55/922 : Rymenild was in Westernesse Wiþ wel muchel sorinesse [vr. sorewenesse].
- c1300(c1250) Floris (Cmb Gg.4.27)710 : Men & wimmen..Ne buþ so faire in here gladnesse So hi were in here sorinesse.
- c1300 SLeg.Oxf.Scholar (Hrl 2277)16 : Moche del was on hire hurte and sorinysche also.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)372 : Wistestow þe heuinisse, Þe sorwe, and þe sorinisse Þat me is on..Þou wost haue merci.
- a1400(?c1280) SLeg.Nativ.M&C (Stw 949)36 : Ioachim..dude his offring..For schame and eke for sorinesse þat þei no child nadde.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Phil.2.28 : I sende hym þat..ȝee eft ioye, and þat I be withoute sorynesse [L tristitia].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)465 : Sorynesse or hevynesse: Tristicia, luctus, molestia, mesticia.
- a1450(?1348) Rolle FLiving (Cmb Dd.5.64)95/14 : Þou may last and wax in gudenes þat þou hase begon, withowten slawnes and sarynes and irkyng of þi lyf.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)192/27 : Ȝoure sorynes schal be turnede to ioye.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)99/30 : Bi þis name sorynesse or sorew..y vndirstonde alle oþire spicis of passional sorew.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)4.1 : Fra anguys and sarynes thou has broght me in til brede of gastly ioy.
- a1525 Conq.Irel.(Dub 592)112/23 : Moryce fyzt-Geraud deyed, nat without gret Sorynesse [Rwl: Sorrow] of al hys.
b
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)103 : Twa sarinesse beoð; an is þeos uuele; oðer is halwende.
- a1225(OE) Lamb.Hom.VA (Lamb 487)105 : Þe fifte mihte is..gastliche blisse, þet þe mon on god blissie bitwuxe þa sorinessen þissere sterke worlde.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)71 : Alse fele sorinesses swo ich haue on min herte for mine sinnes, mid alse fele frefringe þu hauest blissed min soule.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)57/19 : Of alle ða þinges ðe ðe woreld-mann hafð frieurenesses and blisses, nafð ðes gastliche mann bute reunesses and sarinesses.
- a1325 SLeg.Greg.(Corp-C 145)34 : Alas þe sorinesse Þat þe maister of derke helle habbe ssel in poere A land fol of so vair folk.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)318 : A Sarynes: tristicia, Anxietas, trena.
c
- a1225 PMor.(Dgb 4)st.113 : In helle..Þer is sorinesse and wop efter eche strete.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)120/21 : No-thynge schal be herde in helle bot wepynge and sorowynge, mornynge and weylynge, sorynesse [SC(1): merores] and gristynge of tethe.
d
- a1150(OE) Vsp.D.Hom.(Vsp D.14)102/9 : Seo soðe dædbote ne byð na æfter geara gerime gescrifen, ac beo þæs synfulles mannes modes sarignysse.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)87/26 : He ðe frieureð of ðine sarinesse for ðine sennes.
- a1325 SLeg.(Corp-C 145)131/92 : A mon were betere for is sunne beo sori and vnssriue Þanne issriue wiþoute sorinesse.
e
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (Hrl 2277)p.99 : Theȝ King..for wraththe..was neȝ wod..Ho miȝte in suche sorinisse such lyf longe lede?
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2790 : Þe wite [dragon]..Drof þen rede al abac..Þe rede, as vor sorinesse, bi turnde him..& asaylede þen wite.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.298 : Two þingis..mustyn ben kept in Godis seruyse..sadnesse withoutyn sorynesse of malyce.
f
- a1300 Sayings St.Bede (Jes-O 29)18 : Þe þat to heom turneþ In helle heo schulle for-berne On eche sorynesse.
- ?a1300 Sayings St.Bede (Dgb 86)78 : Þe seuene heued sunne..moni men..Bringeþ to sorinesse.
- ?a1300 Sayings St.Bede (Dgb 86)113 : Þe prest þat..nul don almesse, In euche sorinesse His soule he may bringe.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. sorriness.