adv. phr. Obs. Forms: 1 on morʓenne, 1–3 on morʓen, 3 on morwen, a morwen, a-moreȝe, 3–4 amorewe, 3–5 a morwe, amorow(e. [A prep.1 on + MORROW: cf. a-morning.]
1. In the morning.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., John xx. 1. Maria cóm on morʓen ær hit leoht wære.
c. 1230. Ancr. R., 22. A morwen oþer a niht … siggeð Commendacium.
c. 1384. Chaucer, H. Fame, 2106. Come we amorowe or on eve.
c. 1430. Lydg., Chichev. & Bycorne, in Dodsl. XI. 335. A good repast A morwe to breke with my fast.
2. On the morrow after, next morning.
a. 855. O. E. Chron., an. 755. Ða on morʓenne ʓehierdun þæt þæs cyninges þeʓnas.
c. 1230. Ancr. R., 122. Me ledde him amorwen uorte hongen.
a. 1300. Floriz & Bl., 67. Amoreȝe, so sone so hit was day, He tok his leue.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Knt’s T., 763. Thus they ben departed til a-morwe [v.r. amorwe, a morowe, on morwe].
1480. Cambriæ Epit., 411. Yet a-morow that stone Was seyne erly in Mon.
