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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1570-1674
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Murning, ppl. a. [e.m.E. murnynge (c 1550), ME. and e.m.E. mournynge, -ing; cf. Murnand.] Grieving, sorrowing, lamenting. — 1570 Satirical Poems xi. 79.
With murning mynde richt soir c1590 Fowler I. 83/178.
With wofull woe, with murning mone a1605 Montg. Son. xxxiv. 1.
Melpomene, my mirthles murning muse 1611 Mure Misc. P. v. 33.
Murning, martyred herts 1626 Garden Worthies 171.
March Mother Breitan all in murning maner a1651 Calderwood VII. 426.
And uttering a small weake murning voice 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 347.
Nothing heard or seen but dejected faces, murning eyes, weeping lamentation
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