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Mourn

//mɔɹn// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Sorrow, grief. countable, literary, uncountable

    "Anone after ther cam balen / and whan he sawe kynge Arthur / he alyght of his hors / and cam to the kynge on foote / and salewed hym / by my hede saide Arthur ye be welcome / Sire ryght now cam rydynge this way a knyght makynge grete moorne / for what cause I can not telle"

  2. 2
    A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death). ambitransitive

    "For two months, she mourned her father's passing."

  2. 2
    feel sadness wordnet
  3. 3
    To utter in a sorrowful manner. transitive
  4. 4
    observe the customs of mourning after the death of a loved one wordnet
  5. 5
    To wear mourning. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).

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