remors

Middle English

Alternative forms

• remoors, remorce, remorse, remos

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman remors; compare remorden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈmɔrs/, /rɛˈmɔːrs/

Noun

remors (uncountable)

1. remorse

Descendants

• English: remorse

References

• “remors(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Etymology

From the verb remordre.

Noun

remors oblique singular, m (oblique plural remors, nominative singular remors, nominative plural remors)

1. remorse
   • 1259, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la complainte Maître Guillaume de Saint Amour:

     Quant teiz genz le wellent avoir
     Qui sans doutance
     Ne feroient pour toute France
     Juqu'au remors de conscience.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• French: remords
• → Middle English: remors, remoors, remorce, remorse, remos
  • English: remorse