A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1438-1456, 1560
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(Sorrowfully,) Sorrowfullie, Soroufully, adj. [ME and e.m.E. sorhfulliche (13th c.), soroufulli (Cursor M.), sorwfully (Chaucer), sorw(e)fuliche (14th c.), sorowfully (1483), sorrowfully (a1648); Sor(r)o(w)ful(l adj.] In a sorrowful manner, in senses 1, 2 and 3 of Sor(r)o(w)ful(l adj. —1560 Rolland Seven Sages 955.
Thay tuke thair leif at him sorrowfullie —?1438 Alex. i 1430.
And hard the grete noyis and the cry Of woundit men sa soroufully —1456 Hay I 69/6.
Thair jurisdictioun began with force and crueltee, and endit rycht sa soroufully
