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Vinony

mourn

verb

  1. to grieve
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /mɔɹn/ / /mɔːn/ / /mo(ː)ɹn/

noun

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

  1. Sorrow, grief.

    “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. A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

verb

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

  1. To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).

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

    “We mourn in black; why mourn we not in blood?”

  2. To engage in the social customs of mourning; to commemorate a death and/or honour the deceased socially.

    “In that society, a spouse is mourned for one year, a parent for six months.”

  3. To utter in a sorrowful manner.
  4. To wear mourning.