[f. SORROW v.] The action of the verb; mourning, lamentation.
a. 1023. Wulfstan, Hom., 114. Ðær is sorʓung & sarʓung and a singal heof.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 1269. I haue liued so mani a yere Ai in strijf and soruuing stad.
a. 1310. in Wright, Lyric P., xvi. 53. Sykyng, sorewyng, ant thoht, Tho thre me han in bale broht.
1370–80. Vis. St. Paul, 223, in O. E. Misc., 229. Of heore serwyng was muche wondur.
1482. Monk of Evesham (Arb.), 59. Their voycys of wepyng and sorowyng was exaltyd and lyfte vppe.
1530. Palsgr., 273/1. Sorowing or wayling, deploration.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., VI. iii. 5. They … bring vs bale and bitter sorrowings.
1613. W. Browne, Brit. Past., I. i. Her beauty was the sting, That caused all that instant sorrowing.
1721. Waterland, Serm. bef. Sons of Clergy (1722), 36. Amidst our Sorrowings for the Ravages made by Avarice at Home.
1807. Wordsw., White Doe, VII. 125. This lovely chronicler of things Long past, delights and sorrowings.
1876. Geo. Eliot, Dan. Der., II. xxxi. 278. Sorrowing is your sauce; you can take nothing without it.
