morrown.adv.int.
/ˈmɒrəʊ/, U.S. /ˈmɔroʊ/, /ˈmɑroʊ/, Manx English /ˈmɒrou/, /ˈmɔːrou/ Now chiefly literary, archaic, and regional.
A. n. (and adv.)
1. = morning n. 1a. †Also used adverbially. Now rare (chiefly poetic).Recorded earliest in morrow meat n. at Compounds 2.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [noun]
morn-tideeOE
mornOE
undermealOE
morrowlOE
yeender12..
morningc1275
morrow-tidec1300
morn-whilea1325
morningc1400
forenoon1511
morning-tide1530
matins1604
ante-noon1686
mane1727
a.m.1757
ack emma1909
lOE Prose Dialogue of Solomon & Saturn I (1982) lix. 34 On xii mo[n]ðum þu sealt syllan þinon ðeowan men vii hund hlafa and xx hlafa buton morgeme [tt] en and nonmettum.
?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 11 Meng piper þarto and sum dal huniȝes and þiȝe þarof anne cuppan fulle on ærne morȝe and oþerne an niht.
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) 853 He lette..loude clepie, þat þane ilke morewe come al his gode folke.
c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 612 (MED) Bi eiȝtenday at morwe He schal deliuer þe out of þi sorwe.
c1387–95 G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. 334 Wel loued he by the morwe a sop in wyn.
c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 94 Let þe seek drinke þer of..at euen hot an morew colde.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 64 The nychtis sobir ande the most schowris..The morow makith soft, ameyne and faire.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 549/1 The two hostes fought togyder from morowe to nyght.
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. A.iiii So on a morow furth, vnwist of any wight, I went to proue how well it would my heauy burden light.
1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. i. vii. 16 Shee's white as morrows milk, or flakes new blowne.
1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 194 The golden morrow Beam'd upward from the vallies of the east.
1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights II. iii. 33 And dreary, and chill, and dismal, that morrow did creep over!
1889 W. B. Yeats Wanderings of Oisin i, in Poems (1899) And all listless hours fear us, And we fear no dawning morrow.
1949 K. Rexroth Signature of All Things 88 High in the east a morrow soft and sweet.
1990 P. Wiat Child Bride (BNC) 123 Several morrows went by before she received word that the lady Anne might visit the prince her husband in the company of her guardian.
2.
a. The following day; the day subsequent to any specified day; tomorrow, the day immediately following today. Frequently in adverbial phrases, esp. in on (also †in) the morrow: on the following day.In Middle English use occasionally without article when preceded by a preposition.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > on the following day
morrowc1300
the morn1340
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > tomorrow > [noun]
mornOE
the morn dayOE
tomornOE
the morna1225
morrowc1300
tomorrowc1300
tomorrow dayc1384
morrow daya1393
c1300 Holy Cross (Laud) 37 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 2 (MED) Þene Morewe aftur Midewinter day, to deþe huy him brouȝte.
a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 42 In marewe men he sohte, at vnder mo he brohte.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds iv. 5 In the morwe [L. in crastinum]..the princes..and eldere men and scribes schulden be gederid in Jerusalem.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. vi. 148 (MED) Ac ancres and heremytes, þat eten but at nones, And namore er morwe, myne almesse shul þei haue.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 24 (MED) Whanne heuen is rody in the euentid, a cleer dai schal be the morewe.
a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 146 (MED) Þei ȝeden home..And comen aȝein on þe morwe in fere.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. ix. 6 Tomorow shal the Lorde do this vpon earth. And the Lorde dyd the same on the morow.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Matt. vi. 34 Care not then for the morow, for the morow shall care for it self.
1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. iii. sig. C But by ye morrow at this time, we shal learn how the matter goeth.
1605 B. Jonson Sejanus iv. sig. I3v True, and to day, one of Seianus Friends Honor'd by speciall writ; and on the morrow Another punish'd. View more context for this quotation
1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 7 in Sylua Syluarum The Morrow after our three dayes were past, ther came to us a new Man.
1712 M. Henry Daily Communion God in Wks. (1855) I. 242/1 Taking thought for the morrow is the great hinderance of our peace in the night.
1755 B. Franklin Parable against Persecution in Writings (1987) 421 Abraham..sought diligently for the Man, and found him,..when he had entreated him kindly, he sent him away on the Morrow with Gifts.
1791 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 598 And blythely awaukens the morrow.
1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos ii. xxvii. 708 There late was laid a marble stone, Eve saw it placed—the Morrow gone!
1847 R. W. Emerson Ess. (new ed.) 1st Ser. xii. 315 The past restore, the day adorn, And make each morrow a new morn.
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 12 With yourself it rests to have a month of morrows like to-day!
1901 B. T. Washington Up from Slavery xv. 261 I make it a rule to clear my desk every day,..of all correspondence and memoranda, so that on the morrow I can begin a new day of work.
1917 E. Wharton Summer xii. 185 She did not care what part her guardian played in the morrow's ceremonies.
1945 P. H. Abrahams Song of City 73 On the morrow the houseboy would be a good..houseboy!
1992 A. Thorpe Ulverton vii. 140 I..heard him say he would have that d—d Bailiff's blood for posset on the morrow.
b. the third morrow: the next day but one. the next morrow: the day after. Frequently used adverbially. Now rare (archaic and literary).
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [noun] > later or subsequent period > the day after
the next morrowa1350
the third morrowa1350
crastin1581
a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 57 Hire blisse sprong þe þridde morewe.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 2713 (MED) Wherof his lord..A seknesse er the thridde morwe Conceived hath of dedly sorwe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 24549 (MED) He hight to rise þe thrid moru.
a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) 5621 On the thrid morow Bellins, the king, Rose erlie or the day gan spring.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. ii. 97 Our navy sall, with help of Jupiter, The thrid morow be at the cost of Crete.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. 65 The nixt morow he wald mak ane sacrifice lustrale als sone as licht apperit.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. 162 He would the third morrow after, before the walles of the towne strike off Antiphilus head.
a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) i. iii. 65 The Assembly..thought it fit to resolve of nothing that day, but that they should meet againe the next morrow to conclude all things.
a1722 J. Lauder Hist. Notices Sc. Affairs (1848) II. 651 The Privy Counsell ordained the Criminal Court to sit on him the nixt morrow.
1893 A. Webster Portraits 20 The next morrow they will feel their ease And sigh with sleek content, or laugh elate.
1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. I. iii. 157 They, with Arunt, Will the third morrow march, in aid, towards Clusium.
c. Scottish, Irish English (northern), and Manx English. the morrow: on the day after today, tomorrow. Cf. the day at day n. Phrases 9e, the now at now n.1 3.
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1620 in J. Maidment Spottiswoode Misc. (1845) II. 292 A letter of request to..their master, to present them the morrow.
1672 in W. Macgill Old Ross-shire & Scotl. (1909) I. 82 The bailzie ordainit all ye tenentis..to come and thresh the bear the morrow.
1704 G. Elliot Let. 21 Mar. in W. Fraser Earls of Cromartie (1876) I. 226 The committy..have comitted Glengary therupon closs prisoner untill further examined, which is to be reported to the councill the morrow.
1825 A. Mackie Jrnl. 8 Nov. in W. Mackie Diary of Canny Man (1991) ix. 111 I understand they are to take a plan of the road from here to Maclarry the morrow.
1920 S. MacManus Tales that were Told x. 155 That gentleman is now under the sentence of death—to be hanged outside Dublin gaol the morra mornin'.
1924 A. W. Moore Vocab. Anglo-Manx Dial. 186 If I won't see him the-day I'll see him the-morra.
1985 M. Munro Patter 47 See yeez the morra then.
1995 A. Warner Morvern Callar (1996) 181 I reckon I've lost my job; in fact I know I've lost it. I'll go sign on the morrow.
2014 Times (Nexis) 2 Aug. 22 Visitors [to Glasgow] have been offered an education in the local dialect... Doubtless they will be returning home, asking..whether it's gonnae be warm the morra.
3. figurative and in extended use. The time immediately following a particular event.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [noun] > later or subsequent period
after age1560
afterday1591
morrowc1595
after-year1625
back1673
afterward1677
after-hour1726
after1830
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cxliii. 37 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 241 Lett mercies morrow Soone chase my night of sorrow.
1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 40 Let them sleepe on, Till this stormy night be gone. And th' eternall morrow dawne.
1834 H. Martineau Farrers of Budge-Row ii. 22 This morrow of a piece of good fortune.
1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 357 I do not say that John or Jonathan will realize all this; but such is the character of that morrow which mere lapse of time can never make to dawn.
1886 J. Fiske in Atlantic Monthly 58 377 On the morrow of a long and costly war, it was not strange that the whole country was in some measure pauperized.
1887 New Princeton Rev. 3 1 The morrow of the death of a public favorite is apt to be severe upon his memory.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. at About, E. F. V. About..welcomed the Franco-German War. That day of enthusiasm had a terrible morrow.
1930 Time & Tide 2 May 559/2 His secretary..had a little work up his sleeve, all ready to be printed and published on the morrow of France's burial, in which he was to be exposed ‘en pantoufles’.
1986 Savvy (Bombay) Sept. 49/1 He knows that his life has a morrow which will lead somewhere.
B. int.
‘Good morning’; ‘morning’. In later use British regional and Irish English.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous expressions [interjection] > expressions of greeting > at specific times of day
good morrowc1405
good morningc1450
morrowa1625
evening1886
afternoon1893
a1625 J. Fletcher Monsieur Thomas (1639) v. x. sig. M2 ‘'Morrow Mistresse.’ ‘Good morrow to you sir.’
1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. i. sig. B2 Morrow to my Vncle.
1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem ii. 11 Morrow, my dear Sister; are you for Church this Morning?
1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 4 Jan. (1948) I. 152 Morning. Morrow, little dears.
1892 Ballymena Observer in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 164/1 A young man will say to another who meets him, ‘Morrow boy’, and the reply will simply be, ‘Morrow’.
1913 A. F. Irvine My Lady of Chimney-corner 93 Morra, Father, how's all up aroun' th' throne this mornin'?
1934 P. O'Donnell On Edge of Stream 162 Morrow, Donal. Morrow to ye both.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 227/2 Morra to ye, (good) morning to you.
Compounds
(in later use poetic ). C1. General attributive.† morrow dew n. Obsolete† morrow letter n. Obsolete rare† morrow song n. Obsolete rare
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 202 Margarites..þat ben conceyued of þe morowe dewe [L. matutini roris] ben ymade dymme with þe ayer of euen tyde.
a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 108 (MED) In plato it is seyd þat margarites ben gendred of þe morow dewe.
1581 B. Rich Don Simonides I. sig. Gii Both the Deserte and Groues, Hylles and Dales, are..decked with the greenest Mantell, that his morrow dew yeldeth.
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1619 J. Hales Let. 17 Jan. 68 in Golden Remains (1659) In my morrow Letters I will not fail..to send your Honor the transcripts.
morrow light n.
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c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) 17946 Þou at þare midniht wepne þine cnihtes, þat þou at þan moreliht maȝe be a-redi to þe fiht.
a1576 Lady Abergavenny Praiers in T. Bentley et al. Monument of Matrones (1582) ii. 107 O Lord, I beseech thee, that..thy grace may spring in my heart with the morrowe light of thy comfort.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Poems 96 The ocean with the morrow light Will be both blue and calm.
morrow noon n.
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1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) v. 22 A grete forest, in whiche he entred and rode styl tyl the morowe none, wythout ony aduenture.
1719 C. Cibber Ximena iv. 35 Give me thy Word, that on the morrow Noon, Before the King in Person thou wilt answer.
1925 T. Hardy Human Shows 260 He was to come on the morrow noon And take a good rest in the bed so hewn.
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c1387–95 G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. 830 If euensong and morwesong [v.rr. morowe song, morowsonge, Morwsonge] acorde, Lat se now who shal telle the firste tale.
C2. † morrow meat n. Obsolete a morning meal, breakfast.† morrow part n. Obsolete = morning gift n. (cf. mordell n.).† morrow priest n. Obsolete rare a priest who says morrow-mass (morrow-mass n.).† morrow star n. Obsolete = morning star n. 1a, 1b.
morrow day n. (a) the next day, the morrow (now rare); †(b) daybreak (obsolete).
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > tomorrow > [noun]
mornOE
the morn dayOE
tomornOE
the morna1225
morrowc1300
tomorrowc1300
tomorrow dayc1384
morrow daya1393
the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > dawn > [noun]
aristc825
dawingc900
dayeOE
day-rimOE
day-redOE
mornOE
lightOE
lightingOE
dawning1297
day-rowa1300
grekinga1300
uprista1300
dayninga1325
uprisingc1330
sun arisingc1350
springc1380
springingc1380
day-springa1382
morrowingc1384
dayingc1400
daylighta1425
upspring1471
aurora1483
sky1515
orienta1522
breaking of the day1523
daybreak1530
day-peep1530
morrow dayc1530
peep of the morning1530
prick of the day?1533
morning1535
day-breaking1565
creek1567
sunup1572
breach of the day1579
break of day or morn1584
peep of day1587
uprise1594
dawna1616
day-dawn1616
peep of dawn1751
strike of day1790
skreigh1802
sunbreak1822
day-daw1823
screech1829
dayclean1835
sun dawn1835
first light1838
morning-red1843
piccaninny sun1846
piccaninny daylightc1860
gloaming1873
glooming1877
sparrow-fart1886
crack1887
sun-spring1900
piccaninny dawn1936
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 1829 Erli the morwe day..he gan to fare Into the field.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 5993 (MED) Moises praid þe moru dai [a1400 Fairf. morne day; a1400 Gött. toder day], All þe fleies ware went awai.
c1530 Court of Love 437 Seven at midnight, seven at morow-day.
1582 Bible (Rheims) Matt. vi. 34 The morow day shal be careful for it self.
1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 96 Flown, like a thought, until the morrow-day.
1925 T. Hardy Human Shows 89 Present joy that moments strengthen May be past our power to lengthen, Morrow-day!
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lOEMorgeme[tt]en [see sense A. 1].
a1225 (?OE) MS Vesp. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 237 Ȝief he frend were, me sceolde ȝief him his morȝe mete, þat he þe bet mihte abide þane more mete.
morrow morn n. (also morrow's morn) now rare the morning of the next day; tomorrow morning.
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1585 C. Ocland Valiant Actes & Victorious Battailes Eng. Nation i. sig. F2v He put his gold away, in hope that on the morrow morne, He shall the Frenchmans gaine, as customed was of old beforne.
1715 A. Pennecuik Curious Coll. Scotish Poems in Geogr., Hist. Descr. Tweeddale App. 41 That Sun which Sets to Night, the morrow Morn, Shall full as Glorious and as bright return.
1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere vii, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 51 A sadder and a wiser man He rose the morrow morn.
1893 S. R. Crockett Stickit Minister 132 Saunders, there'll be nae word o' this when the clock strikes five the morrow's morn.
1918 W. M. Kirkland Joys of being Woman iv. 36 So remarkable were foreign laundry services that..all you had to do was to summon an obliging maid..and on the morrow morn, behold yourself all crisply washed and ironed.
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the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > wedding gift > gift on consummation of marriage
moryeveOE
morwyngift1503
morrow part1526
morning gift1546
morganatic gift1594
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > gifts and payments > [noun] > gift > gift by husband after wedding
moryeveOE
morwyngift1503
morrow part1526
morning gift1546
1526 in L. M. Munby Life & Death in King's Langley (1981) 5 I will that Johan my wiff, after my decesse.., receyve and have, for her morowe parte and dowery..17s off lawfull money.
1558 Will of William Rayner (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/40) f. 79v Unto maude my wif for her full Dowery and morrowe parte.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > celebrating mass > in early morning
morn priest1466
morrow priest1563
1563 T. Becon Acts Christ & Antichrist in Wks. III. 414 This morowe priest and that morowe priest.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > inferior planet > [noun] > Venus > as morning star
morn-starOE
day starOE
Luciferc1050
morrow starc1350
morning star1535
phosphorus1595
phosphor1606
morning planet1667
c1350 Apocalypse St. John: A Version (Harl. 874) (1961) 202 (MED) He is..þe morewe sterre þorouȝ þe resureccioun þat was don in þe mornyng.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Apoc. xxii. 16 I am the roote and kynde of Dauid, a shynynge moru sterre.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 344 Morow sterre [v.r. morwynstere], Lucifer.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. CClijv/2 The palme shone by right grete clerenes and was lyke to a grene rodde whoos leues shone lyke to the morowe sterre.
1526 Pylgrimage of Perfection (de Worde) f. 67v The morowe sterre that commeth before the daye.
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† morrowv.
Obsolete. rare (literary and poetic).
intransitive. To dawn. Also transitive (in passive): to be endowed with mornings.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > dawn > [verb (intransitive)]
waxc1300
arise1480
break1597
morrow1839
1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 143 When earth was dayed—was morrowed—the first ray Perched on his pen, and diamonded its way.
1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 173 I have turned to thee, moon, from my heart,..And have hoped it might mix, as I watched thee depart, Like thyself, with the morn which had morrowed.
1884 J. Payne tr. Tales from Arabic I. 70 When the morning morrowed..he summoned the chief of his viziers.
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