† bemournv.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To mourn over, lament, bewail.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief for [verb (transitive)]
sorroweOE
meaneOE
bemournOE
mournOE
bemoanc1000
ofthink?c1225
bequeatha1325
moana1325
plain1340
wail1362
bewailc1374
complainc1374
waymenta1400
grievec1400
sorrowa1425
regratec1480
lament1535
deplore1567
dole1567
condole1607
pine1667
rave1810
OE Crist I 176 Hwæt bemurnest ðu, cleopast cearigende?
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 111 Þe makeð him his sinnes swiðe bimurnen.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xxiii. 27 Wymmen that weileden, and bymoornyden him.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 249 Bemourne the miseries wherein you are.
2. intransitive. To mourn, lament.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief [verb (intransitive)]
sorroweOE
meaneOE
careOE
mournOE
ofthink?c1225
to make sorrow?c1250
to make languorc1300
bemoanc1305
plainc1325
moanc1330
wailc1330
waymentc1350
complainc1374
to make syte?a1400
sweam14..
lamentc1515
bemournc1540
regratec1550
to sing sol-fa, sorrow, woe1573
condole1598
passion1598
deplore1632
ochone1829
rune1832
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy vii. 3279 Þus [ho] bemournet full mekull & no meite toke.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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