"morwen" meaning in Middle English

See morwen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɔrwən/, /ˈmɔrɔu̯ən/, /ˈmɔrun/, /ˈmɔriu̯ən/ (note: especially Kent, Southern, South Midland), /moːrn/, /mɔrn/ [Late-Middle-English, Northern, especially] (note: with contraction)
Etymology: Inherited from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz; contracted forms are probably from Old English inflected stem morgn- with loss of medial /ɡ/. Doublet of morwe; for forms with ⟨a⟩, see there. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|morgen|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English morgen, {{inh+|enm|ang|morgen}} Inherited from Old English morgen, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*morgan}} Proto-West Germanic *morgan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*murganaz}} Proto-Germanic *murganaz, {{doublet|enm|morwe}} Doublet of morwe Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} morwen, {{enm-noun|-}} morwen (uncountable) Forms: morewen [alternative], morn [alternative], morowen [alternative], moreghen [alternative, Early-Middle-English, especially], morgen [alternative, Early-Middle-English, especially], morghen [alternative, Early-Middle-English, especially], morȝen [alternative, Early-Middle-English, especially], mareȝen [alternative], marȝen [alternative], marhen [alternative], morne [alternative, Late-Middle-English], morwyn [alternative, East-Anglia, especially], marne [alternative], morewane [alternative], moron [alternative], morun [alternative], morwhen [alternative], morwoun [alternative], moryhen [alternative], mowroun [alternative], moryn [alternative]
  1. Morning, sunrise; the beginning of the day. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-morwen-enm-noun-V6G724pE Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Time, Times of day Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Time: 78 22 Disambiguation of Times of day: 88 12
  2. The next day or morning; tomorrow. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-morwen-enm-noun-eLmXRAh6 Categories (other): Future Disambiguation of Future: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: morwensterre, morwenynge Related terms: tomorwen

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈmɔrɔu̯ən/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɔrun/"
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