† yomerlyȝomerlyadj.
Obsolete.
= yomer adj.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective]
sorelyc888
gramec893
sorrowfuleOE
unblithec897
sorryeOE
carefulOE
charyOE
sickOE
yomerOE
sorry-moodOE
sweerc1000
yomerlyOE
sorrilyOE
woea1200
balec1220
sorry?c1225
sorec1275
sorec1275
gremefula1300
sada1300
ruthlyc1300
thoughtfulc1300
woebegonea1325
heavyc1330
grievousc1374
woefula1375
sorrowya1382
dereful?a1400
sorousa1400
sytefula1400
teenfula1400
wrotha1400
balefulc1400
tristy?c1400
tristc1420
dolefulc1430
wapped in woec1440
yhevidc1440
dolenta1450
condolentc1460
discomforted1477
tristfula1492
sorrow1496
dram?a1513
dolorous1513
earnful?1527
troublous1535
amort1546
mournfula1558
passioned1560
sadded1566
tristive1578
distressed1586
passionate1586
sorrowed1596
distressful1601
passionful1605
sighful1606
contristed1625
anguishinga1642
sadful1658
saddened1665
tristitious1694
sick as a parrot1705
pangful1727
woesome1778
grieving1807
ruesome1833
yearned1838
doleant1861
mournsome1869
thoughted1869
tragical1887
grief-stricken1905
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective] > causing sorrow or grief
sorelyc888
sorrowfulOE
sorryOE
yomerlyOE
rueful?c1225
grievous1297
heavyc1374
sada1375
deefulc1380
grievable1390
grieffula1400
grievingc1450
trist?c1450
tristfula1492
dolorousa1500
doly?1553
mournful?1570
griefsome1635
tristifical1656
melancholy1710
OE Beowulf 2444 Bið geomorlic gomelum ceorle to gebidanne, þæt his byre ride giong on galgan.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 14754 Heo..seoððe ȝeiden him on. mid ȝeomerliche stanen.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 971 Such a ȝomerly ȝarm of ȝellyng þer rysed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
† yomerlyȝomerlyadv.
Obsolete.
Sorrowfully, dolefully.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adverb]
sorelyc888
yomerlya1000
yomerea1250
ruthlya1400
mourninglya1425
sorrowinglya1425
lamentably1470
in sackcloth and ashes1526
tragically1567
plaintively1593
lamentinglyc1610
bemoaningly1646
complainingly1816
deploringly1847
sighfully1900
a1000 Solomon & Saturn 267 Se fugol..gilleð geomorlice.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 35 His ofspring al þrowude on synne..and ȝemerliche pineden.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1453 He hurteȝ of þe houndeȝ, & þay Ful ȝomerly ȝaule & ȝelle.
c1400 Anturs Arth. vii Ȝauland ful ȝamerly, with many loude ȝelles.
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adj.OEadv.a1000