† a-morrow, advb. phr. Obs.
Forms: 1 on morᵹenne, 1–3 on morᵹen, 3 on morwen, a morwen, a-moreȝe, 3–4 amorewe, 3–5 a morwe, amorow(e.
[a prep.1 on + morrow: cf. a-morning.]
1. In the morning.
| c 1000 Ags. Gosp. John xx. 1 Maria cóm on morᵹen ær hit leoht wære. c 1230 Ancr. R. 22 A morwen oþer a niht..siggeð Commendacium. c 1384 Chaucer H. Fame 2106 Come we amorowe or on eve. c 1430 Lydg. Chichev. & Bycorne in Dodsl. XI. 335 A good repast A morwe to breke with my fast. |
2. On the morrow after, next morning.
| a 855 O.E. Chron. an. 755 Ða on morᵹenne ᵹehierdun þæt þæs cyninges þeᵹnas. c 1230 Ancr. R. 122 Me ledde him amorwen uorte hongen. a 1300 Floriz & Bl. 67 Amoreȝe, so sone so hit was day, He tok his leue. c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 763 Thus they ben departed til a-morwe [v.r. amorwe, a morowe, on morwe]. 1480 Cambriæ Epit. 411 Yet a-morow that stone Was seyne erly in Mon. |