Middle English Dictionary Entry
sorwī adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | sorwī adj. Also sorewi; sup. sorowest. |
| Etymology | From sorwe n.; sup. perh. erron. form of sorweful adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Sorrowful, gloomy, depressing; of a person: sad; ~ slou, vexed, wearied; ~ slouthe, sorrow, dejection, gloom.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ecclus.14.10 : In sorewi slouthe he [covetous man] shal be vp on his bord.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Ecclus.22.16 : Thou shalt not be maad sorewi sloȝ [WB(2): be..anoied] in the folie of hym.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Is.29.2 : I shal besette aboute Ariel, and it shal be dreri and sorewy [WB(2): soreuful and morenynge; L tristis et mærens].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.30.22 : Sorewi idelnesse [WB(2): sorewe] ȝyue þou not to þi soule.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ecclus.36.22 : Þe shrewde herte shal ȝyue sorewi slowþe; & þe wise man shal withstonde to it.
- c1435 Chaucer CT.Mch.(Sln 1685)E.2098 : Sorowest [Heng: Damyan Bicomen is the sorwefulleste man That euere was].