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: 1375, 1587-1599
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Sor(r)owing, Sorowyng, vbl. n. [ME and e.m.E. soruuing (Cursor M.), sorewyng (a1310), serwyng (1370-80), sorowyng (1482), sorrowing (Spenser); Sor(r)ow v.] The action or state of sorrowing or mourning. —1375 Barb. xx 506.
Till tell of thair sorowyng Anoyis, and helpis litill thing 1375 Barb. xx 578.
Quhen thai war levit of the kyng, That dule had of thar sorowyng 1587-99 Hume 40/193.
My saull sicklike hir sorrowing she hes ceist
