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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Murning, ppl. a. [e.m.E. murnynge (c 1550), ME. and e.m.E. mournynge, -ing; cf. Murnand.] Grieving, sorrowing, lamenting. —1570 Sat. P. xi. 79.
With murning mynde richt soir
c1590 Fowler I. 83/178.
With wofull woe, with murning mone
a1605 Montg. Son. xxxiv. 1.
Melpomene, my mirthles murning muse
1611-57 Mure Misc. P. v. 33.
Murning, martyred herts
1626 Garden Worthies 171.
March Mother Breitan all in murning maner
a1651 Calderwood VII. 426.
And uttering a small weake murning voice
1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 347.
Nothing heard or seen but dejected faces, murning eyes, weeping lamentation

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