sorweful

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English sorhful.

Adjective

sorweful

1. sorrowful
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1070-1073:

     This sorweful prisoner, this Palamoun,
     Goth in the chambre, roming to and fro,
     And to him-self compleyning of his wo;
     That he was born, ful ofte he seyde, ‘alas!’

     This sorrowful prisoner, this Palamon,
     Goes in the chamber roaming to and fro,
     And to himself lamenting his woe;
     That he was born, full often he said, ‘alas!’

Descendants

• English: sorrowful

References

• “sorweful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.