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Sorweful

Sorweful \Sor"we*ful\, a. Sorrowful. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

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sorweful

a. (obsolete form of sorrowful English)

Usage examples of "sorweful".

This Phebus gan aweyward for to wryen, And thoughte his sorweful herte brast atwo, His bowe he bente and sette ther inne a flo, And in his ire his wyf thanne hath he slayn.

And therwithal, on knees doun he fil, And seyde, "Venus, if it be thy wil, Yow in this gardyn thus to transfigure Bifore me, sorweful wrecche creature, Out of this prisoun helpe that we may scapen!