Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
sorrow .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- obsolete Sorrow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
sorrow .
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Examples
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But the grete Chane his brother dyede; and that was gret sorwe and losse to alle Cristen men.
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But the Comaynz chaced him out of the contree, and diden hym meche sorwe; and maden on of hem self Soudan, that hadde to name Lachyn.
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But his sustre fulfilled not his wille: for als sone as he was ded, sche delyvered alle the lordes out of presoun, and lete hem gon, eche lord to his owne; and tolde hem alle the purpos of hire brothers ordynance: and so was this cursed kyng never made sorwe for, as he supposed for to have ben.
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Aftre that, is another yle, where that wommen maken gret sorwe, whan hire children ben y born: and whan thei dyen, thei maken gret feste and gret joye and revelle, and thanne thei casten hem into a gret fuyr brennynge.
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And whan sche saughe, that he turned not azen, sche began to crye, as a thing that hadde meche sorwe: and thanne sche turned azen, in to hire cave; and anon the knyghte dyede.
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And zif ony cursed wycche or enchauntour wolde bewycche him, that berethe the dyamand; alle that sorwe and myschance schalle turne to him self, thorghe vertu of that ston.
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But the grete Chane his brother dyede; and that was gret sorwe and losse to alle Cristen men.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And whan sche saughe, that he turned not azen, sche began to crye, as a thing that hadde meche sorwe: and thanne sche turned azen, in to hire cave; and anon the knyghte dyede.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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But his sustre fulfilled not his wille: for als sone as he was ded, sche delyvered alle the lordes out of presoun, and lete hem gon, eche lord to his owne; and tolde hem alle the purpos of hire brothers ordynance: and so was this cursed kyng never made sorwe for, as he supposed for to have ben.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And zif ony cursed wycche or enchauntour wolde bewycche him, that berethe the dyamand; alle that sorwe and myschance schalle turne to him self, thorghe vertu of that ston.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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