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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Morowing, -yng(e, Morrowing, n. [ME. morwynge, morowyng(e (appar. only in MSS. of Chaucer), f. Morow n.] Morning. = Morow n. 1, Morning n. Also comb. in morrowing-tyde.Only in verse. c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 248.
Suete war the vapouris, soft the morowing [: sueving, syng, ying, anamalying] c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 799.
And where the day was dawyne lyght … Gregois ritht sone ine the morowynge [: ledynge] … Russhede [etc.] Ib. 1364. 1540 Lynd. Sat. 435.
Ane kis of ȝow in to ane morrowing Till his seiknes micht be grit conforting a1540 Freiris Berw. 28 (M).
So hapnit it in till ane fair morowing [B. morning] a1568 Bann. MS. 73 a/73.
At morrowing vse to came thy heid Bot at evin I thé forbeidb. a1500 K. Hart 433.
A morrowing tyde quhen at the sone so schene [etc.]
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