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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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Quotation dates: 1400, 1475-1700+

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Morow, Morrow, n. Also: morowe, morou, moro, morrou, morrie. [ME. morewe (c 1275), morwe, moru (Cursor M.), late ME. (14–15th c.) and e.m.E. morow, e.m.E. morrow (16th c.), reduced var. of ME. morwen Morn n.]

1. The morning, the early part of the day. = Morn n.1, Morning n.Before the 17th c. chiefly in verse, esp. ‘Chaucerian’ verse, but also used in prose by Bellenden.Common in phrases with preps., esp. at mor(r)ow. Also, of morrow, = in the morning.(1) a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 64.
The nychtis sobir ande the most schowris … The morow makith soft, ameyne and faire
a1500 Ib. 998.
Seing the morow blythfull and amen
c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 261.
Alls fer as Mayes morow dois mydnycht
c1500-c1512 Id. Tua Mar. W. 513.
The morow myld wes & meik
c1500-c1512 Id. lxviii. 18.
Nixt eftir myd nycht, the myrthfull morrow [: sorrow]
c1500-c1512 Id. xlviii. 14. 1513 Doug. iv. iv. 84.
This wes the … first morrow of hir wofull distres
1513 Ib. xii. Prol. 304.
It was ayr morow or tyme of mes
1513 Ib. xiii. Prol. 168. 1528 Lynd. Dreme 999. 1531 Bell. Boece I. 145.
The Romane baneris schining in the cleir morrow
1533 Id. Livy I. 191/11.
Arelie in the morow
15.. Clariodus iv. 1638.
Rycht as the morrow sprang
15.. Ib. 2636. a1585 Maitland Quarto MS xxxviii. 51.
Evin eikis my sorrow Wors then the morrow
(2) c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 89.
Wpone the morow in the dawyng
c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix. 45.
Bonalais [they] drank rycht glaidly in a morow [: borow]
c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 9.
In May intill a morrow mirthfullest
c1500-c1512 Id. xlviii. 189.
Off lusty May vpone the nynt morrow [: to forrow]
1533 Bell. Livy I. 42/3.
Undirstand, maist prudent faderis and pepill, that Romulus … sliding haistelie from the hevin met me arely on this morow
1533 Ib. 238/21.
On the nixt morow arelie
1537 Lynd. Depl. Magd. 90.
Lyke ane storme efter ane plesand morrow [: sorrow]
(3) a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 91.
Yhow callith the birdis be morow fro thar bouris
15.. Clariodus i. 1356.
Airlie in morrow thay in palice went
15.. Ib. iv. 1826.
The ilk song it was that he hir send That day of morrow
(4) 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. Prol. 33.
The assiltrie and goldin chair … Of Tytan, quhilk at morrow semis reid
c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlviii. 29. c1500-c1512 Ib. 10.
Quhairto … sall I vprys at morrow [: sorrow]?
1513 Doug. i. Prol. 62.
Thow art Vesper and the day stern at morow [R. morowe: borrow]
1513 Ib. viii. viii. 23. a1568 Bannatyne MS 238 b/9.
Brycht sterne at morrow that dois the nycht hyn chace
a1568 Ib. I. p.27/15. 15.. Clariodus iv. 929.
At morrow as the larke begowth to sing
15.. Ib. v. 2474. 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 3048.
He sall speik or the fyft day at morrow [: to borrow]
a1578 Pitsc. I. 212/27.
At morrow a king … At evin ane deid deformed carioun
1617 3rd Rep. Hist. MSS. 413/1.
My Lord of Marr did continue the ansuer of my lord his letter to this day att morrow

b. In adverbial use, without preposition, in everie mor(r)ow.c1500-c1512 Dunb. ix. 148.
I sall … every morrow seik Thé at Thy graif
1570 Satirical Poems xv. 8.
Ȝe mariguildis, forbid the sune To oppin ȝow euerie morrow

c. Coupled with evin. Evin and morrow, at all times; evin (n)or morrow, at any (no) time.Appar. chiefly in verse but also in one instance in prose.a1500 Henr. Fab. 2968 (H).
Deith will thé assay, Thow wait not quhen — euin, morrow, or midday
c1500 Rowll Cursing 164.
Quhair never is mirth ewin nor morow [: sorow]
c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxix. 2.
It grevis me both evin and morrow
c1500-c1512 Id. xl. 16.
Cummer, be glaid both evin and morrow
c1500-c1512 Id. xxxvi. 22. 1531 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I. 62.
In candill to the wrychtis tua dais eftir alhallow day furnysand ewin and morrow
1540 Lynd. Sat. 1991.
Meg my wife did murne both evin & morow
c1552 Id. Mon. 1073. c1552 Ib. 1104, 5072. a1570-86 Maitland Maitland Folio MS cii. 19.
To stryk bayth ewin and morrow [: sorrow]

d. Comb. in morrow-tyde. —15.. Clariodus i. 576.
Ane knicht … Quhilk from thame twinit in the morrow tyde

2. The following morning, the following day; also, tomorrow. = Morn n. 2–7.Also the morrow efter (a certain date).(1) c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace ix. 1218.
Thai graithit thaim rycht ayrly on the morow [: sorow]
c1475 Ib. xi. 1180.
Apon the morou [: sorou]
a1500 Lancelot of the Laik 30.
So be the morow set I was afyre In felinge
1531 Bell. Boece II. 512.
On the morow [M. the nixt day] this erle was harlit … throw all streitis of the toun
1533 Boece xvii. ii. 630. c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 393.
Quhilk gat vp airlie in the morrow
1556 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 298.
The heill toune be warnit agane the moro, viz. the penult day of May instant
1560 Rolland Seven Sages 2235.
The morrow come and … The empreour set him self in judgement
1564 Peebles B. Rec. I. 296.
That … on the moro at ix houris thay be in redines
1648 Cullen Kirk S. 23 Jan.
Appointed the morrou for nominating some elders
1656 Lanark B. Rec. 157.
The counsell … appoyntes the morrow aucht dayes for the listing of the deane
1677 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS. 11 May.
Vpon the morrow … at aught of the clock in the morning
(2) 1666 Melrose Reg. Rec. II. 148.
For fyftein sheep sold be him upon the morrow efter the leddie day befor Yuile

b. The morrow, used adverbially without prep. = Tomorrow.Adopted in the 17th c. from Eng., and used for Morn n. 6 b.(a) 1620 Perth Kirk S. 292.
A letter of request to … their master to present them the morrow
1650 Brechin Presb. 50.
[To] cause him come to her the morrow
1661 Black Sc. Witches 42. 1663 Macgill Old Ross-shire I. 82.
The bailȝe ordainit all the tenentis … to come and thresh the bear the morrow
1678 Rothesay B. Rec. 363.1694 Dumfr. & Galloway Soc. 3 Ser. XXXVI. 32.
That probably ther may be some more of the commissioners in toun the morrow
1695 Annandale Corr. 103.
I am to be called to speak with him sometime the morou
1704 Cromarty Corr. I. 226.(b) 1645 Fam. Seton 231.
To report the morrie

c. (On) the nixt morow, (on) the following day; the thrid morrow, (on) the day after the following day.(1) 1513 Doug. iii. ii. 97.
Our navy sall, with help of Jupiter, The thrid morow [L. tertia lux] be at the cost of Crete
(2) 1533 Bell. Livy I. 65/34.
The nixt morow [L. in diem posterum] he wald mak ane sacrifice lustrale als sone as licht apperit
1533 Ib. 66/3.
On the nixt morrow … he commandit baith the pepill to compere to his concioun
1533 Ib. 109/28, 273/6. 1586 Cal. Sc. P. IX. 95.
[On his coming to his house, which shall be the] nixt morow
1685 Lauder Notices Affairs II. 651.
The Privy Counsell ordained the Criminal Court to sit on him the nixt morrow

d. The morrow morning, e. the morous morning (cf. Morn n. 6 c), = the following morning, tomorrow morning.d. 1662 Peebles B. Rec. II.51.
To be incarcerat in the tolbooth the morrow morning
1687 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. XIII. 177.
The deponent … returned the morow morning
1696 Glasg. Univ. Mun. II. 532.
The committee … adjourned their meeting untill the morrow morning
e. 1695 Annandale Corr. 102.
Secritarrie Johnston is appointed to attend the morous morning

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