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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1585-1638
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Murn(e)full, Mornfull, Mournful, a. [e.m.E. mourn(e)full (1542).] Full of, or causing, sorrow or grief; sad, sorrowful; doleful, dismal. Also comb. in mournful-like. —(a) c1590 Fowler I. 82/152.
So said the people who wer thair with sad and murnfull hart 1585 James VI Ess. 40.
That both together we, Since cause there be, may now lament with tearis My murnefull yearis —(b) c1590 Fowler I. 142/8.
There sal yow see … how my sighs … draw deip grones out of a mornfull mynde c1590 Ib. 184/6.
Incace thow len thy eares Vnto the mornfull accents of my mone —(c) 1638 Henderson Serm. 200.
Sandy deserts that are brunt up for want of rain, & looks mournful-like till they get it
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