a. Also 4 sorewi, -y. [f. SORROW sb.] Sorrowful.
1382. Wyclif, Ecclus. xiv. 10. In sorewi slouthe he shal be vp on his bord. Ibid., Isaiah xxix. 2. I shal besette aboute Ariel, and it shal be dreri and sorewy.
1850. S. Dobell, Roman, vii. Poet. Wks. (1875), 144. With thy most sorrowy soul, my harp, remember! Ibid. (1856), Eng. in Time of War, 198. The sorrowy signal for return.
